I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them.
My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.
Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated.
I think the key is for women not to set any limits.
My mother's rules had to do with feminine deportment, so I never played hard enough to break a toy or muddy my dress. My father's rules had to do with never shaming the family by even a hint of scandal, and not providing business rivals with an opportunity to kidnap me or throw acid in my face.
I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with.
Being a teenager, I would think they were real strict, and I would get upset, but I'm glad they were like that. They didn't let us do whatever we wanted. We weren't allowed to date until we were, like, juniors in high school.
There are women for whom family is a priority, and they do it. It just wasn't as much a priority for me.
I was brought up with old-fashioned values. I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend until I finished school. I wasn't allowed to wear make-up: the nuns would scrub your face if they saw it.
I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.