I'm Too Pretty To Do Homework!!!!!!

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Optimus Prime

Where did the whole mentality of pretending/being dumb= cute even come from?

Generations ago gender norms shifted many times including women's labor (for the demographics of women who weren't already working); child labor laws; and women's liberation.

There are still girls who are taught that (1) no man is going to want you if you're too opinionated/mouthy/assertive/smart/career-driven; and/or (2) even if you aren't dumb, play dumb so you can get a boyfriend/husband. Also, women are taught to act like they can't do something so that men can do it for them.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Generations ago gender norms shifted many times including women's labor (for the demographics of women who weren't already working); child labor laws; and women's liberation.

There are still girls who are taught that (1) no man is going to want you if you're too opinionated/mouthy/assertive/smart/career-driven; and/or (2) even if you aren't dumb, play dumb so you can get a boyfriend/husband. Also, women are taught to act like they can't do something so that men can do it for them.

So glad I wasn't raised this way...says the mouthy, career driven women who can never let her husband be right. (And her husband likes it!)

[cheerfulgreek]

I don't think it's that big of a deal. I mean, it's funny how people thought it was sexist and were offended by it, to the point where JC Penny's had to pull it, but the revealing clothing for teens are still for sale.

I wish more people would complain about the short skirts that teen girls are wearing. What's sad is that their parents are allowing them to wear them. If I had a daughter, I would hope I would have raised her well enough not to wear a t-shirt like that one, not because I think it's sexist, but because it doesn't make any sense. But at the same time, I would have a cow if I had a daughter and she walked in the house wearing revealing clothing. Uh, uh, that's unacceptable. I just think that fashion designers promote clothes that reveal as much skin as possible, while still leaving a few threads on the body. That, to me, is much more of a problem than a t-shirt with silly writing on it.