When Your Mother Wasn’t A Strong Female Role Model
- By
Julia Austin
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Her parents applauded her lifestyle
This pattern of teaching the women in our family to be submissive ran deep. My grandparents—my mother’s parents—were very proud of her for finding a wealthy man who essentially turned her into a kept woman. They didn’t worry. They didn’t say things like, “Maybe you should find a career over in America, and have your own way of making a living—just in case.” They bragged about her lifestyle to anybody who’d listen.
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