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But the comparative pain scale is part of the problem we find ourselves in: Our knowledge that it could be worse keeps many of us from putting words to the overwhelm and from fighting against it.

"In the United States ... men engage in relaxing and entertaining activities 35 percent of the time that women are doing chores. For women, that number is almost half, 19 percent. ... [On weekends fathers engage in leisure 47 percent of the time that mothers are taking care of kids. ... A [UK] survey . .. found that women have five hours less leisure time a week than men

"Misogyny should not be understood as a monolithic, deep-seated psychological hatred of girls and women. Instead, it's best concep-tualized as the 'law enforcement' branch of patriarchy a system that functions to police and enforce gendered norms and expecta-tions, and involves girls and women facing disproportionately or distinctively hostile treatment because of their gender, among other factors."

that women have participated in our subordination because we've been psychologically shaped to see our inferiority as natural. This perception of inferiority becomes a shadow, difficult to strike out.
The need to prove our goodness as the price for protection and upward mobility has been coded into how we behave; it's hard to recognize because we are inside the structure itself.

The Bible is the product of a centuries-long game of Telephone, edited by men according to their preferences. This might sound silly and obvious,