: In literature and history, the "pedestal" has been used to confine women to roles of silent sacrifice, rewarding them for passivity while punishing rebellion. From Idol to Villain
: To look up at a pedestal, one must adopt a position of inferiority, which often fuels submissiveness or resentment in the observer. pedestal
True connection requires the removal of the support structure. To treat someone as an equal is to refuse to prop them up. : In literature and history, the "pedestal" has