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−theantiyale
"And
we work hard to push back against this narrative that it’s our fault — even as
we take self-defense classes, watch our drinks and stick with our friends late
at night"
I would be
ashamed to raise a daughter in such a frightening world.
Courting was
still a word when I was young. Dating replaced it. Katherine Hepburn could
still sting a man's cheek and ego with her well placed slap.
Now there is a
hook-up culture which is a euphemism for coitus-at-first-sight.
Once upon a time
one had to win the favor of another's attention. Now one wins the favor of
plundering another's body and hopes not to be further troubled by their
attention after the mutual theft.
People don't
socialize with alcohol, they drink to get drunk. No one even uses a word like
"tipsy' anymore. There are no gradations, simply A and Z with nothing in
between.
We are not
doctors without borders, we are beings without boundaries; There are no
gentlemen and no ladies. There aren't even genders.
So we take back
the night instead of go out on the town.
We 'go to court'
instead of court.
I worry for your
generation.
PK
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