"[Parents should] recommend some books with female leads that your son would enjoy reading. If your next question is “Why?,” then ask your daughter why she liked Harry Potter. She might say it was a good story, great characters, and a fantastic world. Who cares if the main character was a boy? In fact, girls will pick up a book with a hero or heroine equally. According to my excellent librarian resources, boys will actively avoid books with a girl as the main character. What’s the problem? I have no idea. Why should you encourage your son to read books with heroines? That’s easy. You want your son to grow up knowing that a strong female for a friend, wife or boss is normal and good."
Rebecca Angel
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A High-School Baseball Team Forfeited The Championship Game Rather Than Play Against A Girl →
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#Sports
#Baseball
#Feminism
“This is not a contact sport, it shouldn’t be an issue. It wasn’t that they were afraid they were going to hurt or injure her, it’s that [they believe] that a girl’s place is not on a field.”
"You may not want to hear things that make you uncomfortable. But if you just allow girls [in film] to be more than one thing, not just virgins, not just whores, not just princesses, not just basket-cases, not just hot chicks, if you just allow us to be, say, human… you might just learn something."
Andrea Portes
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Sexual violence forcing girls out of school →
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#Girls
#Children
#Rape
#Abuse
“If a girl is raped, she may be blamed and beaten by family members. If she gets pregnant, she misses one year of school and may not be able to go back. Even if she doesn’t [fall pregnant], she’s already a different person. The trauma makes it difficult for her to concentrate on school work.”
TV and Single Women "Girls" of HBO's frank new television comedy share their mortifying moments →
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#Feminism
#Lena Dunham
#Women
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The goal for “That Girl” was to get married. For the women of “Sex and the City,” the goal was a stable relationship. The women of “Girls” want stable identities.
