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Witches VS Patriarchy

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[โ€“] HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I always thought this was more for the child's benefit. Rather than addressing them by what they are lacking addressing them by what they have might be gentler.

[โ€“] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

yeah I thought "single mother" was already a supposedly better replacement for "fatherless", for exactly the reason you stated