I suspect it’s actually as much about bigoted attitudes toward kids as it is sexism. If you mushroom kids, you justify “controlling” them.
Trad. family structures are deeply authoritarian and rely on purposefully cultivated ignorance for justification. https://t.co/oUnCa2datB We’ve come some ways in at least recognizing other forms of bigotry, but with kids… sadly, they remain the least respected human beings on earth. Some people are smirk at the very idea of respecting young people at all. Presumably they were raised by authoritarian parents.