"Like X, but for girls" is *everywhere*
Well, yeah, obviously societal pressures and influences are a huge factor. There's no biological reason for girls to be attracted to the color pink.
This shit makes me so angry because it propagates the 'men are generic, women are special' meme. Regular software is for men -- 'girls' need special, 'girly' software. It makes me want to say the word 'fuck'.
I hope I'll have children someday, just so I can be all liberal and progressive and be like "I'm going against The Man, man!"
i think it's the opposite meme. "men are normal, and girls need to be treated 'softly'."
also, "computers are for boys", "as are cars, and science, and rockets, and math and..."
"i think it's the opposite meme. "men are normal, and girls need to be treated 'softly'."" That's what I was saying.
Another thing that pisses me off: sports are gendered, and what makes it especially egregious is the types of sports that males and females can take are almost always different. Fuck.
"i think it's the opposite meme. "men are normal, and girls need to be treated 'softly'."" That's what I was saying.
Another thing that pisses me off: sports are gendered, and what makes it especially egregious is the types of sports that males and females can take are almost always different. Fuck.
Yep. and it would seem like there are many that should be basically co-ed, especially though middle school and even early highschool.
Track, cross country, golf (not s sport, but still), diving - why can't boys and girls compete in diving? i'm sure there's more. we should be encourging co-ed, not reducing it.
What? No biological reason for girls to like pink? You fool, they evolved to like pink!