"More than that, it worries me that this "new" adult, this sort of adult-lite genre is focused on women. That it's females telling other females of a certain age that we're still not adults. Even when we live independently and support ourselves economically, we're still not really adult yet. Even when we're moving up in our careers and doing incredible things, we're STILL NOT FULLY ADULT. Because we're "new" adult."
THANK YOU.
More than anything, I've been wondering if this "I don't feel like an adult and don't refer to myself as a woman" mantra I keep hearing is stemming from the experiences of an actual age group or if it's gender specific and patriarchically induced. I have yet to hear a man comment that he doesn't feel like an adult or that he doesn't refer to himself as a man. Our culture perpetuates this contrast: on one hand, we call men MEN but call women GIRLS. It's infantilizing and stereotypical, and I don't appreciate being clumped into a movement that supports it.
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Date: 2009-11-16 09:26 pm (UTC)THANK YOU.
More than anything, I've been wondering if this "I don't feel like an adult and don't refer to myself as a woman" mantra I keep hearing is stemming from the experiences of an actual age group or if it's gender specific and patriarchically induced. I have yet to hear a man comment that he doesn't feel like an adult or that he doesn't refer to himself as a man. Our culture perpetuates this contrast: on one hand, we call men MEN but call women GIRLS. It's infantilizing and stereotypical, and I don't appreciate being clumped into a movement that supports it.