Gratefulness Can Limit Us
<p>In an argument about gender roles my aunt told me that I should count myself lucky because my parents give me greater freedom than most girls receive.</p>
<p>Cue exasperated eye-roll. I’m 30. Unwed, but/and fucking 30. I do not need to be grateful for the fact that my parents don’t feel the need to check up on my whereabouts, nose into my dating life, or ‘allow’ me to live alone. Yet, my parents — who treat me like I’m an adult human capable of knowing what’s best for myself — are amongst the few in my community who aren’t so heavily gendered in their approach to parenting. It’s almost as if I’ve been raised as a boy!</p>
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