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When generational progress feels incomplete across family lines

My teenage daughter rolls her eyes when I talk about feminism and says things are different now, but I see her dimming herself around boys the same way I did.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Each generation believes they have transcended previous limitations while unconsciously repeating similar patterns of self-diminishment.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Femininity — constructed and contested?”

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