Gray Matter
Aug 28, 2017 · 1 min read

Not really. You have to account for the fact that certain beliefs and mentalities prevail for long after you’ve supposedly removed the root cause.

As an analogy, a person who’s overweight and insecure about it, can lose that weight and STILL be insecure about it (this is a reality). Likewise, just because one gets rid of slavery, the previously enslaved are now ‘starting the race’ with a different set of inputs than everyone who wasn’t enslaved and are by default, still behind. Even when those people die, their children, and the children of their children, etc…. beliefs get passed down. It’s insidious and hard to prove but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen or that the effect are less real. The same goes for abuse. The cycle of abuse applies to generations of families as well. Remove someone from an abusive environment, that does not guarantee they’re free from its shackles. Physically, yes, but people aren’t just physical beings.

In summary: supposed external gender equality doesn’t necessarily mean actual gender equality in the minds of the very people it affects.

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