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While attending a charity boxing match between Marines and Firefighters/PD, there was ONE match where women were boxing. There was a firefighter boxing a policewoman. During the match, the announcer kept referring to them as “somebody’s mom” and said, “I’d hate to get a spanking from one of these…

This kind of attitude sticks through even to today. We still face being reduced to the roles people think women should have.

This is not to say a woman can’t take pride in being a mother; it’s absolutely something to be proud of! But this was an event that had nothing to do with being a mother; it was a boxing match, between a police officer and a firefighter.

This should not happen in an age that claims to be post-feminism.

(Source: microaggressions)




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