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F4lconF16

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8. Let her scare me?
Sat Apr 4, 2015, 03:49 AM
Apr 2015

Last edited Sat Apr 4, 2015, 04:28 AM - Edit history (1)

She sounds awesome! What an impressive person. I quite like the sound of her. I'll definitely have to look up her stuff--this looks exactly like what I had in mind. It's really a hard thing to switch mentalities, particularly from an oppressive religious background. It's one of the things that still bugs me most about the vast majority of churches, and Christianity in particular: the gender divide in their teachings is atrocious. It's incredibly enduring, as well, and most women I know have long internalized those harmful ideas about their own sexuality (or supposed lack thereof). Unfortunately, a lot of the stuff is very subtle, too, which makes it a challenging subject to talk about without alienating someone. Thankfully the person I will be talking about this with is pretty comfortable and confident in themselves, and they're quite open to new ideas as well. It will make this discussion a lot easier, because once we can break through that initial discomfort and go past the top layer of the restrictive sexuality they were brought up with, I think they'll be really open to understanding themselves better. Dodson sounds like someone who understood how to do this really well--I'm looking forward to reading her, thanks!

Sorry about all the awkward pronouns, btw. I don't want to disclose anything about them, gender or otherwise, as there's a very small chance someone who knows my username might read this (a very small chance though haha).

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