Learning how to take ‘no’ for an answer and dealing with rejection by accepting it and just moving on are important lessons that need to be imparted to everyone at an early age… but especially males who have long been socialized to think that they are entitled to whatever and whomever they want, whenever they want.
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Yeah, but those whack-job female characters are not styled as eventual romantic heroes. They’re part of another tired trope, i.e., all women are psycho nutjobs if you give 'em a little leeway.
(ETA read the damn thread through before replying, dork.)
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Moreover, chivalry and equal rights aren’t mutually exclusive, but neither are they the same thing. One is manners and the other is a matter of the human right to freedom. By all means, people should be chivalrous and well mannered generally if they want, but it’s beside the point of respecting women’s autonomy.
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