@danae_mercer: "‘Boys are mean because they like you,’ we tell little girls. ‘He pulled your hair because he cared’. And then, as adults, we learn to sit back and smile When men break us down. When they poke fun at our bodies, Our minds, Our mental health. When our hormones become punch lines And ‘periods’ are seen as comical, irrational things. I saw this Jerry Springer clip the other day. And I couldn’t get it out of my mind: How the man says something hideous. How the woman smiles in response, because that’s what we’re told we must do. And how the audience cheers. It’s horrific. Just like the Lindsay Lohan interview is horrific. And while I like to think we have become better, Everything that happened recently with Princess Kate, With her asking for privacy but getting poked fun of instead, Makes me worry. I don’t know the solution. But I do know this: I will not teach my baby girl That boys are mean Just because they like her. And I sure as heck Won’t tell her she needs to take it all With a smile." Video & caption by @danae_mercer ❤️