Girl Talk on Sidechat | Saying stuff like this just screams internalized misogyny and pedo culture to me. I get that life is hard and that it can feel so much better when you have a partner and cozy hobbies. But we can have these things without infantilizing ourselves?

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Saying stuff like this just screams internalized misogyny and pedo culture to me. I get that life is hard and that it can feel so much better when you have a partner and cozy hobbies. But we can have these things without infantilizing ourselves?

331 upvotes, 17 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Girl Talk. "Saying stuff like this just screams internalized misogyny and pedo culture to me. I get that life is hard and that it can feel so much better when you have a partner and cozy hobbies. But we can have these things without infantilizing ourselves?"

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Anonymous 2w

NO I COMPLETELY AGREE BECAUSE LIKE JUST BECAUSE ITS COZY DOESNT MEAN I’M A ADULT CHILD

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Anonymous 2w

Side note can we all appreciate her hair? Wtf? 🤌💖

Anonymous 2w

I agree, but I do think the way she went about this is all wrong. Calling other girls pathetic isn’t cute, but constructive criticism (like the way you wrote it out) can be helpful for people to open their eyes about behavior they might not even be aware of

Anonymous 2w

Idk how to say this correctly but I do say things like this but when I want to be I can also be serious and it’s never an issue. My man is also not super conservative, he just wants me happy and often times says things “whatever makes you happy I just want you to be happy”. I feel like if a woman is comfortable being babied in a relationship it’s probably because he treats her right but idk maybe it’s just me

Anonymous 2w

Personally I say girl math and I’m just a girl to piss off my boyfriend so it’s giving feminist💅

Anonymous 2w

okay but my brain 100% turns off sometimes around my man and i know i’m not the only one that experiences that. it’s the feeling of being so safe and comfortable that you can finally relax and enjoy yourself without being on constant alert/putting on a show for the ppl around you. me and my man act like kids all the time around each other and it’s not infantilization, it’s literally just being comfortable around each other and being silly and child-like bc we don’t have to act serious.

Anonymous 1w

I don’t need to stop infantilizing myself adults just need to admit that food tastes better when it’s shaped like dinosaurs

Anonymous 1w

Anonymous 1w

i dont agree with this but she’s insanely pretty

Anonymous

#1 2w

And I love that for you! I totally support people who do inner child work too. Like I get it. Cozy, nostalgic stuff can really help. But…let’s be adults while doing that. 🥳💖

Anonymous

#5 2w

like sometimes i just want to be able to not have to think and just channel my inner kid and have fun and forget about the stressful parts of life and i happen to have a partner who i trust enough to do that with. doesn’t mean i don’t still act as my own adult person.

Anonymous

#2 2w

I would have worded it differently too!

Anonymous

OP 2w

Literally who is she I need the routine. Not to only focus on her looks when she’s making a valid point but like

Anonymous

#5 1w

this so heavily

Anonymous

#9 1w

literally. why does being an adult mean i can’t be whimsical and fun without being judged for infantilizing myself/being too childish. let me live my life.

Anonymous

#9 1w

Infantilizing is not a positive term. Please understand that. Appreciating childhood whimsy is a different thing entirely, that’s not what I’m commenting on here.

Anonymous

#5 1w

I don’t disagree with you. What I am critical of is when girls make really performative points about this and word it in such a way that it implies that their man is basically thinking for them, because they can’t think for themselves due to their gender. You deserve to feel safe and I am glad that you have a partner who allows you to experience that feeling. 💖