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Reading List- Midnight's Children
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Aim for the weekend- Watch 'Going Postal' The Movie
Read an article on the Metro recently about a latest addition to Girl Power. Apparently there is a big demand for T-shirts with labels such as 'Boys are Stupid-poke their eye out', for tweens/teens (girls).
Is this what 'Woman's Rights Movement' has brought about? Humour in abusing boys/men? Will it have been equally funny if the T-shirts read 'Girls are dumb-kick them'? Nope, there would be an outcry!
Have the tides of power turned around so much that we have began to misuse it in the same way that men did decades ago?
Can we not reach equality on our own without subjugating the men? Army Pfc Lynndie England (Iraq), Karla Homolka (Canada)- why are they treated/viewed differently from their men partners?- 'England wouldn't even harm a dog',says her family; 'I was forced to help him', says Homolka. When will the world see them as they are- hardened criminals.
I have began to detest the word 'Feminist'.I can only think of my brother watching a girl wearing this T-shirt, and faces of millions of babies whose killing have been upheld by women using the excuse of 'rights'.
Well put. Some other "clever" captions: -- "Boys are stupid." -- "Men are pigs." -- "Boys lie, poke 'em in the eye." -- "Boys are goobers, drop anvils on their heads." -- "Boys are stupid: throw knives at them." -- "If boys are so tough, why are they so afraid of knives" (with a picture of a boy running away from knives in the air). -- "Tape can be fun" (with a picture of a boy with tape over his mouth)
I cannot imagine any other segment of the population where this sort of nonsense would be tolerated. Would Wal-Mart sell "Blacks are Stupid. Throw Rocks at Them" calendars? Doubt it.
These products are being sold in three retail chains in Canada: Wal-Mart, Sportinglife, and Bluenotes. I encourage people to boycott these chains until the products are pulled.
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Well put. Some other "clever" captions:
-- "Boys are stupid."
-- "Men are pigs."
-- "Boys lie, poke 'em in the eye."
-- "Boys are goobers, drop anvils on their heads."
-- "Boys are stupid: throw knives at them."
-- "If boys are so tough, why are they so afraid of knives" (with a picture of a boy running away from knives in the air).
-- "Tape can be fun" (with a picture of a boy with tape over his mouth)
I cannot imagine any other segment of the population where this sort of nonsense would be tolerated. Would Wal-Mart sell "Blacks are Stupid. Throw Rocks at Them" calendars? Doubt it.
These products are being sold in three retail chains in Canada: Wal-Mart, Sportinglife, and Bluenotes. I encourage people to boycott these chains until the products are pulled.
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