this and George VI refusing to leave London during the Blitz are probably two of the only “gotta hand it to ‘em” moments for British royals in the 20th century.
"I want a TRADITIONAL wife who cooks, cleans, sews, tends the whole farm, homeschools with a classical curriculum so she'd better speak Greek, and knows how to raise a barn. I have no traditionally masculine skills and can't chop wood or do basic home repairs."
Parents who hide an autism diagnosis from their kids care more about how they are perceived than their child's health, well-being, and happiness. It's abusive behavior, and I will always be an advocate for children's rights over parents' rights.
Straight males want straight women to not judge them for being short, weak, and poor, yet they’re the same ones holding women to misogynistic standards that were created centuries ago. They only remember that it’s not fair when it comes to them.
both these things are true! we need to teach kids to clean and that it’s part of their social responsibility to their household and family, but using it specifically as a punishment associates cleaning with fear and shame, which creates subconscious avoidance around it.