Misogyny is Learned Young

February 6, 2014

Children absorb messages about gender, the value of different genders, and the ways genders interact from their families, communities, and the surrounding culture, even when none of this is explicitly taught to them.

Maggie Johnson of Sparks from the Soul shares a telling (and heartbreaking) story of witnessing two children who had already absorbed anti-woman messages and were acting them out at a very young age.

Read the article here.

 

Kenetha J. Stanton is a writer, artist, and healer who is passionate about the theme of finding beauty in our healed broken places. More of her writing and work can be found on her website, A Kintsugi Life. She also works as Program Manager and Assistant to the Director of the Center for Pastoral Excellence at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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