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> How often do we tell young girls "Don't be so bossy" I can't say, but every time I wind up watching a children's show targeted at girls (usually in a lobby
by jjoonathan 10y ago
> How often do we tell young girls "Don't be so bossy"
I can't say, but every time I wind up watching a children's show targeted at girls (usually in a lobby or exercise room), the protagonists are all highly assertive and there's often heavy-handed promotion of the subtext "boys are dumb and useless and it's OK to be a complete asshole to them if it gets you what you want."
- sokoloff 10y agoIf you saw the exact same content in a show you perceived to be targeted at boys, how certain are you that you'd think the same subtext existed with the gender roles reversed?
- jjoonathan 10y agoWhen was the last time you saw a children's TV show endorse violence towards women? It was only a few month ago, in a hotel exercise room, that I saw a non-self-defense kick-to-the-balls presented in a positive light (giggles from the protagonists, affirming + explictly gendered statement from the narrator). I was upset, but not shocked, because I've seen it before. Hopefully it's just part of the natural swing towards over-correction and it'll all settle out in another few decades, but a corresponding overcorrection in corporate policy could get ugly. Psychopaths do well enough in the corporate environment as it is.
- jelliclesfarm 10y agoI have a friend who mentioned his 'kick in the balls' theory..it goes something like ..every chick flick will have a 'kick in the balls'(literally) slap stick scene because it is cathartic to women and that Hollywood knows that and will cater to that unconscious trigger for laughs. I started looking for it in movies after that and I have to admit that it's true that there would be at least one hurt male genitalia routine. Remarkable.