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Something wrong in the four-year-old’s view of the world

October 31, 2013 By Ellen

Boy Three as a red devil  “Mummy, help me.” Boy Three was sitting at the table amid a scatter of top-less pens and broken crayons.“In a minute.”“No. Now!”“Ok. What do you want?”“I want you to draw this for me.”“Why? You could draw it, couldn’t you?” “Well. I’m a boy and you’re a girl,” “So?”“D’oh. Girls are […]

Filed Under: Boy Three, boys, four year old, girls, heaven, sexism Tagged With: family, Something happened in my life

Pink stinks but it’s also very useful – everyday inconsistencies

September 12, 2012 By Ellen

Ending the Freshnlo Pedal for Scotland in pink All the pretty colours I hate glitter ghettos, full of those nasty pinky girly things all sparkles and lace. Yuk. I’ve talked before about how reducing our female children’s choices to pink or purple will reflect in reducing all their other choices. Imagine if a girl could only […]

Filed Under: boys, colour, feminism, girls, pink stinks

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