30 People Share “Social Customs” That Are Outdated, Toxic And Should Be Retired

"Daddy issues" is the most sexist label ever..

This. Shame the perverts that deserve it, not the girls.

I see what you mean, but my daughter wouldn't wear pants at home until she was at least 6...

We're going backwards. I was born in 1967. My Mom let us run around outside in bikini bottoms and NO TOP until we were 4 or 5. In a yard that the neighbor kids treated like a public park. She was born in the 20s and by no means a particularly "modern" woman. I wore the short-shorts that were in at the time through grade school. I wore tank tops. As a teenager, scant clothing was not particularly popular in the 80s, but I remember wearing short shorts and a cut off T-shirt that let my stomach shoe when I was 14 or so out playing basketball. Neither my dad nor my mom thought anything of it. Things are really, really going backwards.

Perfectly said.

I disagree on this one because I once wore a gym outfit out at lowes..... every husband and man got hit by their partner.. they all turned there heads and looked. Even the employees. It is best that it should not be worn in public areas.

I still remember the good ole days when an entire courtroom could get away with shaming a rape victim because she was dressed proactively. Men are arseholes, but women allow this behavior. Lysistrata.

Im going to get downvoted HARD. But women should stop teaching men to objectify them, and then play victim. Im a woman, I have female friends who would (in their own words) post thirst 'traps' for the attention one day and go all 'woe is me, do men see me as a piece of meat?' the next.

AMEN!!!

Interesting my parents let the perv touch and kiss us , total yuck. I don’t think they realised, but how could they not notice… Thankfully sis and I have a strong sense of self worth.

This I agree with

"If thy right eye offend thee..."

keep your eyes on your head! Your problem isn't mine!

Really, if I were old enough I'd be the one t"_

Well if you want the world to see your daughter as a whore, yeah let her walk around in underwear.

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men are visual creatures , of course we get stimulated when we see a females body , especially when its not covered up . that of course is no excuse to touch or stare tho , but we will look .

Tipping is Ok as long as it represents your appreciation for how will the server did. It should not be your mandatory contribution to the income of a worker because their boss can't be arsed to pay them a decent wage.

*insert Archer picture here* "Do you want toxic masculinity? Because this is how you get toxic masculinity"

I remember as a child my mother whipping me until I was covered in big red welts all over my arms and legs because she was told by a neighbour that I was in a house that was being built with some other kids and we made a big mess. I screamed at that it wasn't me and that I was at another friend's house all afternoon but she wouldn't listen. After she had finished with me I ran out to my friends house and asked her mother to tell my mother that I was with them. She did. She explained that the girl the neighbour saw was the back of another girl who had the same hair as me long and brown and was around the same age. All my mother said was "oh, well that's alright then". She never apologised or said anything else. I was in real pain for days afterwards. But she really didn't care. day

Security stands for 6 hours or more, looks bad to be seen sitting

Too right.

Boys will be boys is meant to be a light-hearted acceptance of boys immediately getting mud all over their new trousers, and stuff like that. Anyone who uses it to excuse boys inappropriate behaviour is an idiot.

Man to woman: "You should smile more!" Woman to man: "And you should leave me alone, but here we are"

The customer is rarely right and is usually an idiot. I told all my staff the moment I became manager "you are not paid to take abuse, refer them to me and i'll kick them out, i'm a salaried manager and I'M paid to deal with that nonsense, not you".

I had a teacher that wouldn't give breaks many years ago, I begged to be excused but was refused, accidentally threw up at her desk when I couldn't hold it in anymore, got detention for that.

Childless guy here - I also used to get people trying to shame me into having kids. "The line dies with me." I don't want kids. Deal with it.

If it's Gods will for kids to suffer and die of starvation, cancer etc then God is a f*****g Sadist. I HATE it when people say s**t like that, heard it many times after an ectopic pregnancy.

studied psychology & behavioral science in college so learned many 'disciplines' in those fields. while i am not a fan of freud, one thing he did write that i totally agree with is this: "the greatest injustice we do to our children is not to teach them the power of sex". just because a parent(s) are uncomfortable talking about sex doesn't mean that their children don't need to know about it at a fairly early age. this would not only protect them but also make them understand that they need to respect their body as well as others and to prepare them to be responsible when it comes to sex. stop teaching people to be ashamed of the what is a biological act and calling it something dirty.

Still?!

Forcing religion on anyone is wrong.

I actually like the idea of school uniforms. All schools in Australia have their own uniforms and we almost never hear about the incidences mentioned above. We mainly hear about private schools and the fact many of them require girls to wear skirts, NO pants. That should definitely change.

I have always taught my children to respect their elders, BUT I have also taught my children that just because they are an elder doesn't make them right. You can disagree with them but be respectful in your manner and words and if they get upset, scream at you or say derogatory things you are well within your rights to walk away.

A sailor isn't afraid of the red sea. Dutch saying.

My husband's former boss would not hire anyone with facial tattoos or piercings (hair he didn't care about so much.) His reasoning was that some of his senior citizen customers might feel uncomfortable around them. I could see that...but at the same time...just because they got those done doesn't make them bad people or workers. I can understand it being unnerving.

Netherlands: "Working 38 hours per week is too stressful and leaves us with almost no free time. We're switching to 30 hours per week."

My mother once chewed out my oldest brother for not giving our Grandmother a hug and kiss. She was dying from a rare blood cancer and was down to 90 lbs. It's scary for a 9 year old to see that and no one ever sat down with him to explain what was going on with her. He reluctantly gave her a hug and kiss and ran out of the room. It made my Grandmother cry. I don't think he ever got over the guilt of how she cried. I told him several times that it was not his fault.

Actually...most of the commercials I see have people sacked out and sleeping.

Worse yet, someone seeing their error and changing their mind as a sign of being weak or fickle.

I was super impressed by my husband's aunt when her teenage son discussed politics with her. She disagreed with him, but ever so respectfully. She calmly and firmly gave her rebuttals. My parents would have pretty much told me to shut up and that I don't know what I'm talking about.

I think we generally need to stop associating people's private lives with their professional ones. People shouldn't have to resign or be fired because they had an affair - let them sort their private matters out in their own time keep doing what they are good at.

And who decided that hugging another man is considered cheating on your boyfriend. I hug my friends because I care about them...not because I want to sleep with them.

My husband was forced to eat foods he didn't like, I wasn't. One of us is an extremely picky eater and it isn't me. Our kids are never forced to eat stuff they don't like.

There's a flip side to this, where you end up with 27 year olds still living at home with mommy doing their laundry, not because rent is too expensive, but because their parents have enabled them to feel like they are their little angel forever. At 18 you should be able to *want* to move out without feeling like you *need* to move out, and know you are able to function in society while knowing you have support for the things you don't know yet.

maybe they are old and don't know what they are talking about but you can still be respectful in your manner and words and you have every right to walk away as well. I just get angry when I see someone screaming in the face of an elderly person. Also they grew up in a different time, many say things that they don't understand could be considered rude or racist. I had a conversation with a much older man and he called a certain Asian group a term I considered derogatory. I stopped him and said that word isn't acceptable anymore and you should not use that, please use this instead. He stopped and said well that's what we called them and I said I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate being called that and if you want to continue this conversation you can't use that word again. He kept talking and then stopped and said what word am I supposed to use again? He tried! If he had said the inappropriate word again I would've just walked away.