la sexualización está demasiado normalizada en honduras

no es algo nuevo, algo que siento que está demasiado normalizado en honduras es cómo los hombres sexualizan a las mujeres, y peor todavía, a las niñas, hay hombres que se quedan viendo el trasero de una mujer en la calle y ni siquiera intentan disimularlo, literalmente se te quedan viendo y les vale que una se dé cuenta

no sé cuántas veces me ha pasado que voy en un taxi y el conductor se queda prácticamente con los ojos torcidos tratando de ver por debajo de mi falda o vestido, o que un hombre casi se tropieza por ir tan concentrado mirándome el trasero o los pechos, es demasiado descarado y parece que ni les importa que una se dé cuenta

y me acuerdo clarito de una vez que iba para el colegio con unas doce niñas más, todas teníamos entre 12 y 15 años y andábamos con el uniforme, con las faldas debajo de las rodillas y las calcetas cubriendo lo que quedaba descubierto, en la calle principal había unos albañiles trabajando y empezaron a gritarnos cosas y a hacernos comentarios sexuales

ÉRAMOS NIÑAS

o sea, era OBVIO que éramos menores, íbamos para el colegio y andábamos en uniforme, y hombres de 30 y tantos años estaban ahí diciéndonos cosas sexuales a un grupo de niñas de 12 a 16 años, qué putas?

traigo esto a tema porque justo hoy volví a ver lo mismo con unas niñas que iban para el colegio, son estudiantes, andan en uniforme y por cómo se ven no pasan de 14 o 15 años, tienen literalmente cara de niñas, y aun así hombres adultos, incluyendo el taxista en el que iba, se quedaban viéndolas y hasta les gritaban cosas

siendo sinceros, cómo puede estar tan normalizado que un hombre vea a una niña y la sexualice de esa manera? y luego salen con “así son los hombres”, “solo están viendo” o “no les hagás caso”, no, qué mierda, deberíamos dejar de normalizarlo, qué asco, es repugnante

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u/moderndaybathsheba — 17 hours ago

what’s your favorite birthday episode? 🎂

there are way more birthday episodes throughout the series than i remembered 😭 i didn’t even realize jay had FOUR birthday episodes until i put this together lol

i left out a year of birthdays since that one is basically a compilation of everyone’s birthdays already

and yes, i’m counting gloria’s episode even though her birthday celebration technically happens a little early lol

personally, phil’s ipad birthday and grill, interrupted are probably my favorites, but what’s yours?

u/moderndaybathsheba — 8 days ago

what would you say is your favorite mid-2010s disney channel movie?

i randomly started thinking about this era of disney channel movies and realized how many of them i still remember and genuinely love 😌

here’s the lineup:

Radio Rebel (2012)
Frenemies (2012)
Teen Beach Movie (2013)
Zapped (2014)
How to Build a Better Boy (2014)
Cloud 9 (2014)
Bad Hair Day (2015)
Descendants (2015)
Invisible Sister (2015)
Adventures in Babysitting (2016)
Let It Shine (2012)
Girl vs Monster (2012)
The Swap (2016)

i know Teen Beach Movie and Descendants are a little different since they’re more musical, but i still included them bc they came out around the same time and were such HUGE disney channel culture moments. they were also so much bigger than some of the other movies from this era (especially Descendants) but i feel like they still belong here lol

if you had to pick your favorite and least favorite, which would you choose?

personally, i genuinely LOVE almost all of these, but there are three i absolutely cannot stand: Radio Rebel, Zapped, and Bad Hair Day. those three are easily my least favorites, while i have a soft spot for basically everything else on this list.

feel free to add any i forgot!!! i’m curious which ones everyone else loved (or hated lol)

u/moderndaybathsheba — 13 days ago

Disney Channel really knew how to do Halloween 🎃

this was truly one of Disney Channel’s best crossovers ever, at the time, i loved every single show involved, so seeing them all come together for this Halloween crossover was EVERYTHING. they really did their thing with this one. one of Disney’s best Monstobers ever. i rewatch EVERY halloween

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u/moderndaybathsheba — 24 days ago
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development for who? a roatan islander’s perspective

i’m a born and raised roatan islander, and my family has been here for at least seven generations on both sides. every time i hear my great grandparents’ stories or look at old photos of what the island used to be, i feel really conflicted. sometimes i even catch myself wishing honduras wasn’t so close to the us, or wishing the bay islands had stayed more of a hidden gem. i know that’s not realistic, and i understand why people fall in love with this place. i love it too. i just miss the feeling of the island being more for the people who have always called it home.

i work in tourism, so at least once every day i get asked by a foreigner about moving here, retiring here, or buying property here. i completely understand why people want to. it’s beautiful here. but as someone who has always called this place home, it breaks my heart to watch housing become more and more out of reach for locals.

i think a lot of people are quick to blame islanders for charging “foreigner prices,” but i think it’s more complicated than that. if the lot next to yours sells for an international market price, why would you sell yours for much less? if you build apartments near a tourist area and every comparable rental is charging prices that foreign retirees or remote workers can afford, why would you rent yours based on local wages? and if the minimum wage is low, why would many employers choose to pay more when they don’t have to? the market encourages these decisions, even if the end result hurts the community.

what makes me especially sad is knowing that many properties bought from island families decades ago are now being rented or sold again for several times what they originally cost. it’s hard not to think about how different things could have been if there had been stronger protections in place.

i don’t blame people for wanting to visit roatan. tourism is important and it’s part of my job. what worries me is affordability and whether future generations of islanders and hondurans will still be able to afford to live here.

whenever i’m on the mainland, i meet hondurans who tell me they’d love to visit roatan or even move here one day. i wish that felt more realistic. i wish more hondurans could afford to live in one of the most beautiful parts of their own country instead of feeling priced out by an international market.

i also wish honduras had stronger regulations around property sales and housing so there was a better balance between investment and protecting local communities. development isn’t always a bad thing, but i don’t think the people who have lived here for generations should become an afterthought.

i don’t expect everyone to agree with me, but i wanted to share the perspective of someone who was born here and has watched this place change throughout my life.

edit: i remember once speaking with a tourist who genuinely thought Roatan was just the cruise port area, like another private island or cay owned by a cruise line or resort. they had no idea that people actually live here, that there are communities with generations of history, and that this is our home.

and honestly, that moment stuck with me because it shows how easily the reality of islanders can get hidden behind the image of “paradise,” “investment opportunities,” and “vacation destination.” but behind that image are real people whose lives are being affected by the changes happening here.

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u/moderndaybathsheba — 1 month ago

desarrollo para quién?

soy isleña, nací y crecí en roatán y mi familia ha vivido aquí por al menos siete generaciones de ambos lados.
trabajo en turismo y por lo menos una vez al día un extranjero me pregunta cómo puede mudarse aquí, retirarse aquí o comprar una propiedad aquí. entiendo por qué quieren hacerlo, yo también amo estas islas, pero como alguien que ha vivido aquí toda su vida, me duele ver cómo cada vez es más difícil para los locales comprar o alquilar una casa.

a veces hasta desearía que honduras no estuviera tan cerca de estados unidos o que las islas de la bahía hubieran seguido siendo un “tesoro escondido.”

también siento que es muy fácil culpar a los isleños por cobrar “precios de extranjero”, pero si el terreno de al lado se vende a precio internacional, por qué venderías el tuyo mucho más barato. si todos los apartamentos cerca de las zonas turísticas se alquilan a precios que un extranjero puede pagar, por qué alquilarías el tuyo mucho más barato. el mismo mercado termina empujando esas decisiones.

cuando voy a la tierra firme conozco a muchos hondureños que sueñan con visitar roatán o hasta vivir aquí. ojalá eso fuera más fácil para ellos. me gustaría que más hondureños pudieran vivir en una de las partes más bonitas de su propio país sin sentir que compiten con un mercado internacional.

de verdad creo que honduras necesita mejores regulaciones sobre la venta de propiedades y el desarrollo inmobiliario para proteger a las comunidades locales. no estoy en contra del turismo, estoy en contra de que quienes siempre hemos vivido aquí terminemos siendo los que menos podemos permitirnos vivir aquí.

qué opinan ustedes?

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u/moderndaybathsheba — 1 month ago

adoptees of reddit: how was your experience being raised by your adoptive parents?

hi everyone ☺️

i’ve been thinking about adoption for as long as i can remember. even as a child (i know, crazy), i always imagined my future family including adopted children, and as i’ve gotten older i’ve started thinking about it more seriously.
i’d really love to hear from people who were adopted about what that experience was like for you.

did being raised by your adoptive parents feel natural, like a true parent-child relationship? did you feel fully loved, supported, and like you truly belonged? were there any challenges or things you wish your adoptive parents understood?

i’m also curious about your relationship with your biological parents. did you ever feel the desire to know more about them, search for them, or reach out to them? if you did, how did that affect your feelings about your adoption and your adoptive family?

i know everyone’s experience is different, but i’d really appreciate hearing the good, the difficult, and everything in between. i’m asking because adoption is something i genuinely hope to consider in my future, and i want to learn from adopted people themselves.

thank you to anyone willing to share your story :)

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u/moderndaybathsheba — 1 month ago

Esto me molesta.

Hay algo del idioma que siempre me ha parecido geográficamente inconsistente.

Los gentilicios continentales normalmente abarcan a todas las personas nacidas en un mismo continente, independientemente de su país.

Alguien de Camboya, Japón o Taiwán es asiático. Alguien de Australia, Fiyi o Nueva Zelanda es oceánico. Alguien de Chad, Madagascar o Egipto es africano. Alguien de Eslovenia, Irlanda o Bélgica es europeo.

Entonces, siguiendo esa misma lógica, alguien de Chile, Nicaragua, Canadá o Estados Unidos también es americano, porque todos pertenecen al continente americano.

Sin embargo, en inglés, y cada vez más en otros idiomas, se ha normalizado utilizar “americano” exclusivamente para referirse a las personas de Estados Unidos. Aunque ese sea el uso más extendido, sigue siendo una convención lingüística, no una realidad geográfica.

Algo similar ocurre cuando muchas personas llaman “Australia” a todo Oceanía, dejando en segundo plano a Fiyi, Nueva Zelanda, Papúa Nueva Guinea y decenas de otros países e islas del Pacífico. El lenguaje no es neutral: refleja relaciones de poder, procesos históricos y, en muchos casos, dinámicas de colonialismo e imperialismo que terminan colocando a un solo Estado como representante de toda una región.

Sé que este no es un tema nuevo; he visto este debate muchas veces. Pero últimamente siento que veo “americano” usado exclusivamente para Estados Unidos en todas partes, y me hizo volver a pensar en ello.

¿Ustedes qué opinan? ¿Les parece lógico que un solo país monopolice el gentilicio de todo un continente, o creen que el uso ya está tan establecido que dejó de importar?

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u/moderndaybathsheba — 1 month ago