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Ok, stop the strawman bullshit already. What you describe is NOT feminism by any stretch of imagination.

You are describing the imposing of traditional roles based on gender (in your case, that of boys on a girl) which is exactly what feminism is against.

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What is feminism, if not the actions of feminists? I've seen this with my own eyes.

And the message of "Lean In" and the like is very much against the traditional female lifestyle. Prioritizing family over work is called "leaning out" and criticized.

I think it's wrong to define an ideology with hundreds of years of history by the actions of a random person you happen to know. Have you ever bothered to read Wollstonecraft? Simone de Beauvoir? even Naomi Wolf?? I encourage to do so and try to understand how feminists outside your circle think and behave.

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