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30DrSeuss_quotes.jpg (JPEG Image, 620x1900 pixels) - Scaled (33%) Gotes.jpg (JPEG Image, 1324x1101 pixels) - Scaled (58%) Don't talk down to little girls: Lisa Bloom explains why. First impressions … commenting immediately on their appearance tells girls that looks are more important than anything. Photo: Getty Images From Sunday Life I went to a dinner party at a friend's home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time. Little Maya was all curly brown hair and doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, "Maya, you're so cute! What's wrong with that? Hold that thought for just a moment. Advertisement In June, ABC News America reported that nearly half of all three- to six-year-old girls worry about being fat, while earlier this month, beauty pageants for children landed on Australian shores for the first time.

Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything. That's why I force myself to talk to little girls as follows. "Nice to meet you, too," she said in that trained, polite, talking-to-adults good-girl voice. Most kids do. 1001 Feminist Quotes - The Feminist eZine. Toronto Website Design & Toronto SEO The following is a collection of quotes about feminism and human rights: Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed.

If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes. " They will say, "Women don't have what it takes. " ~Clare Boothe Luce I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a door mat or a prostitute. ~Rebecca West, "Mr Chesterton in Hysterics: A Study in Prejudice," The Clarion, 14 Nov 1913, reprinted in The Young Rebecca, 1982 Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, "It's a girl.

" Women belong in the house... and the Senate. I think it's about time we voted for senators with breasts. Never let the hand you hold, hold you down. LOOK AT YOURSELF AFTER WATCHING THIS.mp4. Pictures With Words (Part 5) | SadAndUseless.com. Toss-a-coin.jpg (JPEG Image, 468x599 pixels) Jonaya’s story: THE BEST BYSTANDER STORY OF ALL TIME. | Hollaback! You have the power to end street harassment. Published on March 25,2011 at 3:11 am in Verbal, 39 comments It was wet, and cold. I was carrying 20 lbs of cat food, and my cell phone was dying. I wanted to be off the bus and go home. Wet and rainy Los Angeles is a dismal place, everything misses the sun. As usual, I read Jezebel and Reddit for a bit on my phone till it died. In two seater across from me was a young woman desperately looking out the window. “Oh? He was touching her.

“You should tell your boyfriend he’s messing up,” he said, ever closer. I looked around to my fellow passengers, and many were upset. I looked at him angrily. Well, fuck that nonsense. I know how she felt. “You got a problem, sister?” He turned towards me, rheumy eyed. “I do,” I said in a tone I reserved for the three year olds I teach on a daily basis. “Well, what-” he started. “Well, nothing,” I finished, a familiar voice creeping into calmer tones. I heard my mother echo in my voice. “I’m going to let you finish,” he said, leaning towards me. “New Jersey?