People seem to think that women are supposed to suppress themselves to get along. Why?

In this day and age? Not a freakin' clue. Maybe my big-mouthed truculence comes as a reaction being raised by a "lady". Don't think I don't love my mom, but she's one of those passive-aggressive "nice" women who seem like sugar most of the time, but know how to use that nice to slide in the knife when they want to. Ugh, that kind of dishonesty goes against my grain. I just can't make myself do it.

When a high school teacher told Keanu Reeves, who'd expressed objection to some establishment bullshit, "Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet", he snapped back, "Yeah, but that doesn't mean I have to eat the whole rifle!" That's me in a nutshell right there.