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History of Feminism

whathehell

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2. I'm glad these kids are speaking up..They're trying to make girls "responsible" for boys' actions.

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 02:13 PM

Mar 2014

"Last year, a junior high school in Northern California banned tight pants to prevent girls from distracting the boys"

Gee...Did they ask the boys to do the same so they wouldn't distract the girls?

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Middle School Girls protest Sexist Dress code [View all] ismnotwasm Mar 2014 OP

Good for them...They're right!.....n/t whathehell Mar 2014 #1

I'm glad these kids are speaking up..They're trying to make girls "responsible" for boys' actions. whathehell Mar 2014 #2

It doesn't go away after school Politicalboi Mar 2014 #3

This infantilization (is that a word?) of boys is a direct continuum to the Taliban arcane1 Mar 2014 #4

I agree ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #5

Robert Plant's jeans were painted on Shivering Jemmy Mar 2014 #9

Hormones will rage in Middle School, regardless of what clothes the girls are wearing. Maedhros Mar 2014 #6

then when mercuryblues Mar 2014 #7

Right? ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #8

Needs a third alternative One_Life_To_Give Mar 2014 #10