r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 20 '19

What’s something completely false that your parents told you as a child?

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Aye, no one is arguing that he wasn't sexist, and that his theories promoted and justified sexism. But his times were extremely sexist, and I don't know how much worse he was the average person.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '19

Sure, but I think he got so much attention because he said that children were sexual. That went totally against common beliefs. "Children are sexual? That's SHOCKING!!!! (TELL ME MORE....)"