Women — We Don’t Owe Men Explanations

“No” should be enough

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I’ve written before about how we raise girls to be nice. We collectively give them different messages and apply different standards from the moment they come out. “Sugar and spice and all things nice”, right?

Even if we personally don’t raise our girls like that, there’s a societal expectation that they accommodate others. We tell girls…