As we have so recently and publicly discussed, girls and women have “anger issues” in that they are socialized to not demonstrate anger, but instead to sublimate it where it can sometimes then manifest itself as anxiety or depression. Girls are not born less angry and more anxious, they’re rewarded for being less angry and more anxious. So, it should come as no surprise to anyone that large groups of stressed out girls and women collectively facing the dissolution of a cohesive social structure might be more disposed to fall prey to mass psychosis. It is arguable that men and boys experience similarly jarring episodes of anger and anxiety-channelling mass psychosis, but we call it male aggression and fund military industrial complexes to deal with it.
–Soraya L. Chemaly, Stop Telling Girls They’re Hysterical (via sparkamovement)
Or they just shoot up suburban high schools.
ETA: Uh, none of the girls in the Salem witch trials were “killed for being non-compliant types.” They were all witnesses, not on trial. All of the people executed as a result of the witch trials were older community members.
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