tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447193.post7790606210378859310..comments2023-03-27T06:09:08.315-07:00Comments on My Neck of the Woods...: Counter to the Feminist MovementABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15298433369731366916noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447193.post-56258412187378542502008-01-02T08:26:00.000-08:002008-01-02T08:26:00.000-08:00Gunfighter - I definitely do NOT mean to erase the...Gunfighter - I definitely do NOT mean to erase the lines. I think we have seen if anything, a counter to that happening with my generation swinging the balance back. More SAHM's, but this time by choice, girls being girly girl princesses one day and playing soccer like champs the next. I just want the same open opportunities for my son. I just cringe when he gets frowned on if he wants to play princesses too. If little girls can play with superheros and trucks and the like, why can't a boy be interested in princesses? He still definitely prefers his cars and trucks, and digging in the dirt, but I am certainly not going to try to explain to him at 4 why he can't play with princesses. I wouldn't tell a little girl she couldn't play with something because she is a girl.<BR/><BR/>As I said in my post, my sister and I have observed first hand the natural gender play tendencies that seem to be genetic. I am all for encouraging boys to be boys and girls to be girls and celebrating the differences. I just hate to see that while girls seem to have all doors wide open to them, boys still have a good many doors that remain closed.<BR/><BR/>Gunfighter, you must get that at least sometimes (you do wear kilts, make rosaries, and cook after all!) but you also have the exterior manly man persona to counter it. I just feel bad for boys getting weird looks or being questioned when they want to do things that are traditionally not associated with the male gender.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I am not likely to go out and buy Jaxon a barbie or princess doll, but if he wants to play barbies with his cousin at her house? Sure, why not?ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298433369731366916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447193.post-455533696456718822008-01-02T04:22:00.000-08:002008-01-02T04:22:00.000-08:00I hope that we never see such a movement.The only ...I hope that we never see such a movement.<BR/><BR/>The only problem that I see with gender equality is the attempt to erase the lines between genders... I don't mean in terms of treatment of people... I mean the things that make us uniquely male or female.Gunfighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05762432006297768871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447193.post-47126255857830187202007-12-29T06:14:00.000-08:002007-12-29T06:14:00.000-08:00As the mother of a 14-month-old boy, I agree whole...As the mother of a 14-month-old boy, I agree wholeheartedly. I want my son to play with whatever strikes his fancy, and I love the fact that he is equally comfortable at this young age with playing with dolls in a dollhouse as he is pushing trucks all over the house. My husband is not so fond of this delicate balance. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad our girls have so many opportunities and so much freedom now, but I, too, would like to see the same freedom extended to our boys. As for a name for this movement, I have no idea.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447193.post-61878322930748551242007-12-26T17:05:00.000-08:002007-12-26T17:05:00.000-08:00I don't know if we'll ever see something like that...I don't know if we'll ever see something like that. It's interesting, though.<BR/><BR/>The last time our playgroup was at my house, the kids were playing dress up. The boys dressed up as princesses just like the girls! They had a blast. One of the mothers, however, wasn't too pleased with how much fun her son was having. Eventually, she told him that the dress up stuff was for girls.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12577984703515849459noreply@blogger.com