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undead_rtwa

I Hate Women's Idiot* culture

Mar 19, 2007 17:33

Something has been bothering me lately on the radio. It's the newest McDonalds commercial. Granted, all McDonald's commercials are pretty damn inane, but this newest one gets under my skin like none in recent memory ( Read more... )

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damning media damnitwoman March 21 2007, 03:41:49 UTC

I must say, having a young girl growing up around me, this is a detrimental mindset that they are absolutely accepting as ok. Alex (9yrs old) has asked me to do "girl things" with her, like diet. Without strong role models and at least half decent parents (Alex's mom NOT included) our girls are going to go down the tubes. WOMEN! STAND UP FOR THE STRENGHT AND DIGNITY OF OUR DAUGHTERS!!!

Re: damning media damnitwoman March 21 2007, 04:06:21 UTC

This is one of the really major issues I have with this problem. It's not so much the grown women. I assume by the point women are adults they're either smart enough to ignore bullshit like this or lost causes. It's our daughters (mine in particular) that I worry about accepting this as a standard of behavior and judgement of self worth.

I often have conversations with Sara about "Why what (TV character) did was wrong, stupid or unacceptable.", and there are certain shows, toys, etc... that are banned in our house because I don't want Sara exposed to precisely this kind of thinking. It's difficult sometimes too, since I have to give unconditional "no"s to some of the more heavily advertised toys on TV, like the Bratz dolls which Sara occasionally goes into frothing fits for.

How do you handle this with your daughter?

Double oops! undead_rtwa March 21 2007, 04:07:23 UTC

Me too!

Re: damning media squirrelcsi March 21 2007, 11:45:53 UTC

Man I hate Bratz dolls. My only hope is that by the time Abbie is old enough to really be influenced by advertising, those things will be long passe.

Re: damning media damnitwoman March 22 2007, 16:16:41 UTC

I have banned Bratz in our house as well. Of course, Alex's mother, (POS), allows her to watch and play with whatever she wants, including Bratz. (I think it's partly to spite me, partly to shut Alex up.) We do the same as you. We discuss with her how being a brat is unacceptable. Being the prettiest, snottiest, or skinniest isn't what's important. We try to impress what is important-honesty, integrity, family, etc. Most of the time, she seems to respond to this. The rest of the time, we have to almost beat it into her because her mother reverses all the good we do with her ineptitude. As parents, all we can do is protect and try to give our kids the tools to do and know better than what the world shows them.

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