History of Feminism

mercuryblues

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5. I have

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 07:49 AM

Mar 2014

a sign hanging in my kitchen....

I'm not bossy
I just have better ideas.

even though the word bossy itself has negative connotations, the phrasing often used is even more troubling. "Don't play with her. she's too bossy" Instead of giving the girls the social skills to get along it is ostracizing a child for having a strong personality. It is also the beginning of pitting girls against each other.

A standard reply should be: You say that like it's a bad thing.

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Ban Bossy. Words Matter. [View all] sufrommich Mar 2014 OP

We've got enough banned words here, thanks Warpy Mar 2014 #1

Good Lord,did you even bother checking sufrommich Mar 2014 #2

ya. and i want to watch the video. i recognize it so strongly with my two nieces on another side, seabeyond Mar 2014 #3

Interesting and imaginative allegation... LanternWaste Mar 2014 #13

am I going deaf or do those first couple of girls need to enunciate better? Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #4

It's a message little girls hear far to often ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #7

yes, I understand all that. What I am saying is the first two girls in the video sound garbled to me Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #11

I have mercuryblues Mar 2014 #5

Thanks for posting this. redqueen Mar 2014 #6

I don't get it either,it's a program aimed at sufrommich Mar 2014 #8

There are, no doubt, secret infiltrating Girl Scout's trolling DU ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #10

GD is a lost cause IMO with topics like this ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #9

I disagree with this campaign Seeking Serenity Mar 2014 #12