tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post3611625663932717450..comments2024-03-25T03:06:09.432-04:00Comments on can I decide another day?: Little girlsTeh Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13715128040792877195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post-32994654944186891992016-01-10T02:27:09.948-05:002016-01-10T02:27:09.948-05:00I love this post and agree with you 10000000% {Ok,...I love this post and agree with you 10000000% {Ok, so Maths was never my strength} Girls are always complimented about their looks and clothes but rarely ever their intelligence, their physical strength, or sporting abilities. I will admit I got praised for doing well academically but I do remember getting more compliments about looking a certain way and later, brickbats for not conforming to feminine stereotypes and choosing to run around and get dirty in shorts. All this from older women. Funny that. Not. <br /><br />Have you read Tara Moss' 'The Fictional Woman'? It's a memoir interspersed with a lot of research and social commentary on women and girls' treatment in society. She talks about this issue too. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762987240307604682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post-92171360157985860532015-08-20T03:20:04.522-04:002015-08-20T03:20:04.522-04:00This is a good one. I have to say that I can than...This is a good one. I have to say that I can thank my parents for telling me I'm pretty and encouraging me to be smart too. I got a lot of recognition for scholastic skills from them as well as how cute I was with my whitish-strawberry blond pigtails.Erin of TexErin-in-SydneyLandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09744003004126232764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post-38510982326396089652015-08-19T18:09:40.681-04:002015-08-19T18:09:40.681-04:00I just love you! I just love you! Chatty Nicolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551873043975656109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1581436032352728193.post-52851428035660493172013-08-14T21:36:14.997-04:002013-08-14T21:36:14.997-04:00Oh my gosh, that was fantastic. I about wanted t...Oh my gosh, that was fantastic. I about wanted to cry reading what you said to that baby girl. It is SO WEIRD to me that with little girls it's all about being "pretty." Maybe because pretty is just really NOT a big deal in my life. It's nice when it happens, but that's usually because my mood/hapiness level rather than because I actively tried.<br /><br />I wish more people told girls...and hell, WOMEN, the kind of things you told her. I wish that pretty wasn't as important as beautiful spirits & actions. God Bless you, Teh Megan! If I am blessed with a baby girl, I hope we are still bloggy friends & you can somehow tell her these things too!Brittany SSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719739976483266140noreply@blogger.com