wee feminist

[pywacket]

I was getting the Bean some new PJs since she's shot up, oh another 4 feet from last year or something.

Pretty purple pair, but it says "The princess waited in the enchanted forest for her prince to come."

And I thought, "screw that, oh no she won't, she'll move to San Francisco or New York and go to college."

Needless to say I didn't buy the pjs.

Why do we start giving girls these messages so early? Why do we put these ideas in their heads EVER.
That's just deeply wrong.

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[eunice-branca.livejournal.com]

Go you for not buying those! I refuse to buy that stuff for my niece also. I think I drive my mom crazy because when we're talking to my niece my mom brings up niece getting married, I tell niece that she doesn't have to get married. She can take care of herself and doesn't need a man for that. Although, sometimes I think my mom starts in on that just to pull my leg because I'm "her little feminist". *laugh*

[pywacket.livejournal.com]

I have a hard time not always qualifying everything I say to her, so I've kind of just given up:

"one day, when you grow up, you might get married to a nice girl or boy and have babies, or live with a bunch of cats and dogs and go to college or drive a fire truck or all of the above."

Yeah, her night night stories are a little odd.

[eunice-branca.livejournal.com]

I tend to be more outspoken because my niece and nephew get very "only boys do this and only girls play with that". My nephew is all about boy toys and girl toys.I think my brother-in-law kind of encourages all that so I try to show them it ain't so.