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History of Feminism

mercuryblues

(15,389 posts)

33. Incredibly sexist

Reply to freshwest (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 04:52 PM

Sep 2014

and ignorant.

My youngest at 10 years old decided to grow his hair for Locks of Love. No hair cuts for 2 years. Never once did the school say or contact me about his hair being too long. He hated having it pulled back so I never did.
It makes me wonder just what this school's real reasons were.

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The Ridiculous - and Sexist - Reason This Little Boy Was Sent Home From School [View all] freshwest Aug 2014 OP

Racist AND violation of his First Amendment rights, in one swoop! A few bucks will change hands. Shrike47 Aug 2014 #1

Ohhh, I hate stuff like this, fresh.. trying make kids conform. :( thank you. Cha Aug 2014 #2

Why the hell is it that the Christian Right sheshe2 Aug 2014 #3

What does the religious right have to do with this article? tjl148 Aug 2014 #17

It has to do with one's so called "religion" sheshe2 Aug 2014 #22

You are correct with your post in other situations. tjl148 Sep 2014 #24

Yes, authoritarian religion should not be ruling in the schools. freshwest Sep 2014 #34

Sexism? Racism in Texas tooeyeten Aug 2014 #4

obey, obey, obey..... daleanime Aug 2014 #5

stupid. just plain stupid and mean. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #6

Child abuse. n/t Triana Aug 2014 #7

A child's first day in school... ReRe Aug 2014 #8

It is also an emotionally important day for his parents. tblue37 Sep 2014 #27

Thank you so much for extending what I said. ReRe Sep 2014 #30

Kick! sheshe2 Aug 2014 #9

I wish that were surprising el_bryanto Aug 2014 #10

Childism, sexism... littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #11

Power and Control. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #12

This just shocks me. I am so used to living among people who follow this tradition that I couldn't jwirr Aug 2014 #13

shameful !!! unionthug777 Aug 2014 #14

Europeans should have learned from natives, was always my opinion. We'd all have been better off. freshwest Sep 2014 #23

That's disgusting ismnotwasm Aug 2014 #15

freshwest Tiger58 Aug 2014 #16

I found this too, freshwest. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #18

There's this: BlueJazz Aug 2014 #19

Are girls allowed to wear long hair? If so, then the school's rules for hair length tblue37 Sep 2014 #28

That's very true. Believe me, I think the whole Hair Thing there is ridiculous. I was (kinda').. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #31

Wait until Texas... HoosierCowboy Aug 2014 #20

I have in laws who live in Seminole mountain grammy Aug 2014 #21

I am 1/4 Cherokee Omaha Steve Sep 2014 #25

Whats wrong with these people... SummerSnow Sep 2014 #26

exactly mercuryblues Sep 2014 #32

This is terrible Kalidurga Sep 2014 #29

I agree fully with that stance as well. It's bigger than religion. They narrowly defined his sex. freshwest Sep 2014 #35

Incredibly sexist mercuryblues Sep 2014 #33