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  1. Sep 2025
    1. We’re curious to see how this phrase is continued to be used, and how these sentiments are continuing, being rejected, or evolving.

      I think it’s really interesting how phrases online don’t just disappear—they get recycled in new ways. Sometimes a phrase that was once offensive or harmful gets turned into a meme, while other times people reject it completely. I’ve noticed on platforms like TikTok, older phrases resurface with totally new meanings, and it makes me wonder if the internet ever truly “lets go” of language, or just keeps reshaping it.

    1. Care Ethics began by contrasting the American socially male way of considering ethics, especially valued behaviors in business and government contexts, vs. the American socially female way of considering ethics in relationships, especially in the female-coded spaces of the family and the home.

      Reading this part, I get why they framed care ethics in terms of male vs. female ways of thinking, but it feels pretty limiting. Ethics in business and government can also involve care, and family life can involve principles like fairness or justice too. In my own experience, I’ve seen teachers and managers use a “care” approach to guide decisions, which doesn’t fit the idea that care only belongs in the home. I wonder if it makes more sense today to think of care ethics as a broader mindset that cuts across settings, instead of tying it so closely to gendered roles.