INNOCENCE

Her innocence punishes her in a relationship, sometimes enabling men to attempt to misbehave in ways they couldn’t if, contrarily, in a relationship with a woman with a bolder disposition. Innocence follows false expectations in relationships for women: permissiveness, lack of emotional baggage, and traditional femininity are harmful interpretations and limit women’s roles in relationships and society. The condescending men view innocent women as gullible, easily manipulated, and potentially unintelligent. While the informed see the exact opposite.