[theFIRMbss]

>Mistreatment and suppression of women is one of the characteristics of a failed society

The West has a way of putting young teenage girls in a bright spotlight and then watching as the cute, teenage kid becomes old before her time (to put it nicely). Being female any where these days must be hard.

[SMARTY]

"Being female any where these days must be hard."

Not if mom knew what was what! And my mom knew. Nothing complicated or difficult about it. I NEVER understood what the 'problem' with femininity was.