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Choice should work all ways.

It’s absolutely right that we’ve moved on from saying that ‘traditional roles’ are all you should want’.

Because many people don’t want them. And they should be free to go their own ways.

Femininity and being a house wife and mother are not the only ways to be a woman. Not by a long way.

And it’s a joy to see women expressing themselves in so many different ways.

But for some people Traditional Roles are absolutely the right thing.

Some women are deeply feminine and to be a house wife and mother is what fulfills them in life.

“You’re allowed to girl boss. But some women don’t wanna” 👍👍👍👍👍

This is why trans identified people get mad when you say things like "what's wrong with just being a non gender conforming woman?" or "what's wrong with just being an effeminate man?" They need to believe that they have become a different person because they need that hit of disassociation. It's also why they rely on sexist stereotypes so heavily, they need to believe that the opposite sex are basically a different species. If they admit that their sources of gender euphoria are just things that a person of their birth sex could do anyway without changing their identity, then they are admitting that they are still just themselves. It's also why they get so irrationally angry at "misgendering", no other marginalised group loses their cool this much at not having their identity recognised. No other group goes out of their way to police language the way the trans community does. But when you misgender a trans person, you are doing the equivalent of giving a shot of narcan to an opiod addict. You are bringing them back down to Earth and reminding them that they are still themselves. No wonder they fight so hard to not let people do this.

This also explains the escalating nature of trans identity. Addiction by its very nature tends to escalate. You get accustomed to your current state of addiction, and it no longer gives the same high it once did, so you need to intensify it. You might just start out cutting your hair short and wearing a binder and that might satisfy you in the short term. But sooner or later that's not enough, soon you will need hormones, then top surgery, then facial masculinization surgery and then eventually bottom surgery. Then the many revisions of those surgeries. But you're chasing a dragon, you're never going to catch it. You can't satisfy an addict, it's just not possible. No matter how much they have, they will always want a little bit more.

@tinfoil-catholic Alphabet is the parent corporation that owns Google and YouTube and a bunch of other things

I’m currently stuck at work, need to wait a few hours before I can leave and be with her.

A bit of precaution the doctors took was injecting my wife with medicine meant to accelerate the maturity of the baby’s lungs, as she’s 35 weeks into her pregnancy, 2 weeks short of the ideal 37 minimum for birth, so if worse were to come and she gives birth early. they want to make sure the baby is as ready as possible.

I had to leave for work, but in a few hours I will be back with her in the hospital, her mom is coming from Venezuela tomorrow or this Saturday (she had planned to come at the start of August), and we’re making final preparations in case of an early birth, thank goodness we were already 95% ready, the other 5 waiting for more funds, which I’m currently working to get.

She also seems to be developing some form of skin infection, its light and it was caught yesterday so she should be fine, but if it is what we think it is, she may need up to a week of hospitalization to ensure its treated well.

Not gonna lie, this is starting to get really nerve-racking, the doctors are already talking about inducing birth early depending on the results, and even with the injections meant to help the baby’s lungs mature faster, it’s still risky if it happens before 10 days from now.

It has been such a smooth sailing all her pregnancy process, and now at the very end all things are happening now.

We’re reaching week 37 of her pregnancy too, so any moment now the baby can be born, but we’re hoping she reaches all 40 weeks to ensure everything goes smoothly.

Fandom Problem #11,618:

Unpopular opinion: "redemption through love" is fine (on paper) when it's between a male hero and a very evil female antagonist, and doesn't deserve so much hate for the idea alone.

Men are allowed to have their own fantasies of "saving the villain" as much as women have their own in fiction. Viewing the former as gross and the latter as "empowering" is ridiculous.

I'm not saying every woman views a villainous female character as empowering, but I do think that perception exists in some parts of many fandoms.

I don't think it's "misogynistic" or "controlling" or "oppressive" for a male character to get through to a female character who only wants to destroy/rule the world (just an example) because she snapped from her trauma and he believes she can helped upon learning about said trauma. That sounds like he simply has compassion for another person. If he's trying to understand her and help her change, this isn't about "controlling" her. Again, it simply is an act of compassion.

And for all of this talk about the importance of, "it's never too late to be a good person," narratives in fiction, many who support said narratives are quick to judge if it becomes romantic down the line for a hero and villainess.

In fiction, you do see a female character help a troubled or evil male character start down a better path. Her compassion is seen as a reflection of her strength, while it's still ultimately his choice to change. I think that same idea can work just as well with the genders reversed.

There's also something DEEPLY ironic about this reaction. It's often said that male audiences don't view female characters through a nuanced or compassionate lens. Yet, when a story does portray a man looking beyond a villainess' actions and seeing someone worth understanding and maybe even redeeming, and some men either like it or the idea as a whole in general, that dynamic is often met with skepticism or outright hostility.

What are we supposed to do/say then?

Are we supposed to be nice to Nazis? Are we expected to be polite to fascists?

I might translate this article later today. This one was the most complete one, even in Italian news it's not talked about that much.

So they usually have markings to show who what belongs to.

But I do like your. They were being stupid and incompetent, but I think there is a degree of stupidity involved here because if you're filming around water you typically have divers in case something goes horrifically wrong so the props were abandoned due to negligence or improper storage.

I assume it would be something more like tags, because you don't want a marking that might show up in the shot.