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Question55 year old man texting my niece
My ex SIL (30s) is in a new relationship with a 55 year old man who has several grown children and multiple grandchildren. They met in March. She went to mandatory drug rehab the past week and I've been keeping my teenage niece for a few days at a time while my brother works nightshift.
I became aware that my niece is spending a lot of time texting someone, and lo and behold, it's my SIL's boyfriend.
I told my brother and he wants to take her phone and beat the shit out of the guy, but so far the texts are "harmless" and the phone is the only way my niece can talk to her mom in rehab.
Niece is desperate to live with her mom and is pissed at her dad all the time. Custody is shared but obviously my brother has the kid most of the time right now.
I'm seeing all of this as a big red flag on top of a dumpster fire, but what the hell can I even do? Any ideas?
Gen Z girls are between the ages of 9 and 24. I'm not even 24. I have never once grown up with feminism imparted on me. From birth I was heavily instructed to be feminine, despite being naturally non-conforming. I know not a single other young woman within my generation who has been exposed to actual feminism during their youth. I don't know any gen Z woman who has an opinion like that ("old ugly cheugy millennials") without it being enforced patriarchal from birth, either. I'm sorry you have had a hard time from younger women, despite us not really holding any institutional power unless it is enforced by patriarchal men. Spare a thought for us young women and girls who experience the same levels of sexual assault, abuse and rape as previous generations, but without the easier access to empowering forms of radical feminism, though.
Well mostly what I do is defend young women when they speak out against sex work. I don't start the conversation. The dangers of the sex trade don't effect me so even if there wasn't a generational rift it still wouldn't be my place to talk about it
Well thank you for bringing attention to these problems. It's a nightmare of our times and I'm grateful for anyone who highlights the inequalities and suffering these women experience.