Could be a generational thing. You're a few years younger than I am but I'd still say we're about the same generation; our mothers have to have been much of a muchness re generation too. Mine was very much of the 'man knows best' school of thought so of course she was going to discourage a girl child from being forward enough to express an opinion.
But I was also brought up not to argue, especially with adults; in a difference of opinion I was always wrong - even if an adult was clearly wrong, s/he was right, and I was wrong even if I could prove I was right. Because how could an inexperienced child dare to presume she knew better than an experienced adult? And if the argument was with another child, if I disagreed with the other one s/he wouldn't like me.
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Date: 2015-10-23 09:30 am (UTC)But I was also brought up not to argue, especially with adults; in a difference of opinion I was always wrong - even if an adult was clearly wrong, s/he was right, and I was wrong even if I could prove I was right. Because how could an inexperienced child dare to presume she knew better than an experienced adult? And if the argument was with another child, if I disagreed with the other one s/he wouldn't like me.