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I thought this was an interesting read. I know that we are narrowing the gender gap when it comes to women in high-ranking positions, tenured faculty, compensation...but, this could be a threat to all of this progress....
Here are the links to a few of the articles she cites:
http://www.princeton.edu/reports/2011/leadership/lessons/
http://peggyorenstein.com/blog/why-princesses-wont-be-presid...
If you click through in point 5, there's a linked Times article that talks about the seemingly sexist sayings on little girls' clothing. http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/sexist-message... I'm going to make an assumption here and say that the irony, of course, is that its women who are designing them. Is that really sexist? Sexism, as with racism, implies that one group is holding another down. Its not men who are out there designing onesies for either sex (although I'm sure there are some in the field). To claim that these sayings are harmful may be true, but to label it as sexist seems specious to me. (In full disclosure I just bought a Red Wings onesie for my niece that say "Future Stanley Cup Champ" on it, so I'm apparently setting her up for success!)
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thenewgreen · 4462 days ago · link ·
3 sounds good to me too. My daughter is already familiar with how to hold drum sticks and how to hit the cymbals/drums intentionally. -She's 1. Today she started saying "football". It sounds like butt-ball.. which is pretty hilarious.
Check this out, may interest you: http://www.tasa.org.au/conferences/conferencepapers06/papers... Congrats on being an uncle! All the fun, none of the responsibility :)
thenewgreen · 4462 days ago · link ·
My daughter is going to be the President of the World. Or a badass rock drummer. Or both.
I don't see why #1 on her list is so bad. So what if a mother wants to get a manicure with her daughter? What matters is that while they are getting their nails done they are talking about substantive things, and that the girl knows that she is not bound to any stereotype and can achieve that which she aspires to.