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Women Playing Into Sexism Makes No Sense

On the last episode of “Things Renny Discusses”, I covered the wild aunty that attacked an innocent American woman, because the woman questioned the practice of forcing only women to participate in domestic chores when her fully capable fiancé offered to participate and was commanded by aunty to retreat. Check out the post and most importantly, READ THE COMMENTS. The comments are generally in agreement and there are many people openly discussing the prevalence of misogyny and sexism within our so-called culture. However, where there are wise people willing to admit to the existence of the mistreatment of women, you shall find those people that choose to be blind. Please, why were there so many women excusing aunty’s behavior? And by excusing, I mean they were implying that the mother had a right to be angry because the woman asked the question. Some women in that comment section seem not …