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6 years of being a budo girl, you had no choice but to become an impenetrable wall of self esteem and confidence with the capacity to persevere all circumstances.
So we became!!
A thread of experiences as a budo girl...
So we became!!
A thread of experiences as a budo girl...
Iykyk
A society where you can get away with treating girls this way shouldn’t be tolerated or praised.
It has nothing to do with the ratio of boys to girls being almost 4:1 because essentially, that would mean support and protect the minority group - which isn’t what was done.
It has nothing to do with the ratio of boys to girls being almost 4:1 because essentially, that would mean support and protect the minority group - which isn’t what was done.
Unpacking years of trauma is what’s happening here.
Budonians not reading this thread...
The system has a reputation for making “hard girls”, which is true because Lord knows you can’t survive budo and be a wimp- but at what cost??
Not all of us master the mental strength to withstand such suffocation early enough to become immune to it.
Not all of us master the mental strength to withstand such suffocation early enough to become immune to it.
Think about it. Joining in your s1 (the dawn of your adoloscence), and having to deal with puberty, general body changes, self discovery etc - while simultaneously trying not to let, the emotional trauma and injustice of things happening around you, weigh you down.
“iT’s a BOy’S scHooL”
Yes, it was a school for only boys between 1906 and 1934. Agreed. But it is 2020 now!! All those years and still nothing to show for how girls have been accommodated except for the two dorms which are miles away from all other school infrastructure. Sad.
Yes, it was a school for only boys between 1906 and 1934. Agreed. But it is 2020 now!! All those years and still nothing to show for how girls have been accommodated except for the two dorms which are miles away from all other school infrastructure. Sad.
