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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Momversation: Do Boys Get a Bad Rap?
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Men's rights. Sounds a bit odd to the ear, doesn't
it? But to people like radio host Glenn
Sacks, the need for pro-men campaigns is all too real.
After all, shirts like David & Goliath's "Boys Are Stupid. Throw Rocks at Them" are
popular but are, to some, unfair and downright wrong. And
they're not easily explainable to young, impressionable
boys.
But how much of a widespread problem is this? Are girls
now getting too big a piece of the self-esteem pie?
Rebecca Woolf from Girl's Gone Child wants to know,
"Are boys getting a bad rap?"
What are your thoughts? Do you think boys are
discriminated against? With a history of men in the White
House, do we really need to worry that boys won't believe that
they can grow up to be president? Or do you think today's
society sends the message that boys aren't as good as
girls? Join the Momversation by commenting in our
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Posted by Donna Thu Mar 5, 2009 3:08am PST
"Boys are stupid throw rocks at them????!!!!!! That is horrible. My sons were the sweetest, most cuddly things on earth. They let me read to them for hours. They sat through two hours of church every Sunday morning and then again for an hour in the evening. They are smart, helpful and hardworking. I would hate to see this tee-shirt on a little girl. It does her no more favors than it does little boys.
If boys are having to grow up with this, they don't deserve it, and something should be done.
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Posted by __A_YAHOO_USER__ Thu Mar 5, 2009 7:16am PST
I have five boys ranging from 10 to 5 months old. They are amazing and wonderful. Loud and very active. The forgive quickly and forget wrongs even more quickly. People always ask me if I was trying for a girl. I HATE When people say that in front of my boys. It sends the message that they are somehow less than enough. I know people say it to mothers of all girls too. What a terrible message to send to a child, that they are somehow less desirable than the other gender.
I think most young boys would be oblivious to the idea that girls are being favored and the boys are being put down. I do think though that the real losers in this are the girls. Teaching them that boys are dumb or stupid, what will that do for them in their marriage. How will they ever be able to have a healthy relationship?
People nowadays have gone absolutely insane.
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Posted by T D Thu Mar 5, 2009 3:37pm PST
Stupid?.....This is what a group of adults, probably parents, choose to call boys?.....All boys? Our society is riddled with violence and injustice. Is garbage like this going to help?
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Posted by Jezabel Fri Mar 6, 2009 9:49am PST
Right. Please. You should see how your innocent angels (boys and girls) play and talk at the playground out of the teacher's or parent's hearing range. Calling each other stupid, butthead, nerd, foureyes, etc., you know all the same stuff you did but either forgot or refuse to acknowledge. The shirt is supposed to by funny, and to be honest it is because it reminds me of a time when girls thought the boys in our class were dumb.
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Posted by Dude Sat Mar 7, 2009 11:58am PST
i am of the male gender and i will say this, when is it ok for women to demand equal rights if they try to take more then what is equal. there are still problems with our equality and i am aware of women being under payed still and having less of a chance to be president or whatever but if we cant treat each other respectfully we can never be equal. the same goes for racist people. just be a human and respect other humans
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Posted by hkydadx2 Sat Mar 7, 2009 5:53pm PST
I can't believe people (parents) get so wrapped up in the most trivial things. I'm a single parent of two wonderful boys (12&15)and I don't think for a minute that they would have ever cared about something like this. We are raising a generation of "soft" kids, keep them in a bubble and they will never develop coping, or resolution skills.
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Posted by Mommy Sat Mar 7, 2009 8:16pm PST
I think that that if I replaced the word boys with fat people/black people or girls I would be in all kinds of trouble in a heartbeat. Yes, its unfair and more than a little off putting that targeting boys/men as the butt of the joke makes it ok.
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Posted by __A_YAHOO_USER__ Sun Mar 8, 2009 10:11am PDT
This is insane. I have six boys and they are wonderful human beings. I do not and would never say that they are discriminated against. First of all they do not care, and second I don't care. Kids are kids. Whatever their gender.
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Posted by me :) Sun Mar 8, 2009 10:41am PDT
honestly, the parents tell their litttle girls that boys are stupid. besides, the adults are the ones who made the shirts. young boys will find out later on why they are called stupid. then they will either try not to be stupid, or continue to be stupid
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