Or, you can choose not to purchase the book. (Reply #51)

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51. Or, you can choose not to purchase the book.

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90 replies	Author	Time	Post
How an 8-year-old girl got some sexist kids' books yanked from the bookstore [View all]	kpete	Oct 2013	OP
You're raising a great daughter! n/t	pnwmom	Oct 2013	#1
not me	kpete	Oct 2013	#4
cool kid. cool mom and cool bookstore employee	cali	Oct 2013	#2
Why is it sexist? Everyone knows bees and sharks only attack boys!	Ian David	Oct 2013	#3
"How to Teach Your Cat to Sit"? I'd like to read that chapter, actually	petronius	Oct 2013	#5
I once taught my cat to lay around the house and do nothing... n/t	PoliticAverse	Oct 2013	#8
Yeah, that's the easiest trick I taught my cat.	Hayabusa	Oct 2013	#67
I used to have a cat I taught to sit. He had a habit of standing in front of my little B&W tv when	kestrel91316	Oct 2013	#11
I am more interested in the how to survive parachute not opening..	EX500rider	Oct 2013	#19
I don't know how to feel about this...	TeeYiYi	Oct 2013	#6
Small difference...	Scootaloo	Oct 2013	#7
I agree.	kcr	Oct 2013	#12
Thank you, Scootaloo...	TeeYiYi	Oct 2013	#13
It's really just a drop in the bucket	Scootaloo	Oct 2013	#14
Aah... Ok, thanks. :) ..nt	TeeYiYi	Oct 2013	#15
nancy drew and hardy boys may have specific genders but they are not overtly sexist. drew is	seabeyond	Oct 2013	#25
I used to read my sister's Nancy Drew's	JBoy	Oct 2013	#31
i did the same. really enjoyed the drew books and really liked the hardys too.	seabeyond	Oct 2013	#33
in print, in words, side by side. there is no ambiguity in this one. a poster argued pink was	seabeyond	Oct 2013	#23
It's not because of evolution. It's because girls like lipstick. Duh.	Orrex	Oct 2013	#39
you got a cackle on that one. or all of society since the day of their birth tell them pink is what	seabeyond	Oct 2013	#40
Yeah, it starts early.	Orrex	Oct 2013	#56
I'm not sure that that's really a difference at all	Orrex	Oct 2013	#49
I would have bought up the whole stock of the boys book	quinnox	Oct 2013	#9
Book banning kinda bothers me, inspite of the sexist content.	Shrike47	Oct 2013	#10
If we were talking actual literature - as opposed to this silliness - then I'd agree with you.	nomorenomore08	Oct 2013	#16
Banning books "for the kids" is cool	joeglow3	Oct 2013	#30
Generally speaking, no. And most parental complaints about library books can probably be considered	nomorenomore08	Oct 2013	#62
Whose to say what "actual literature" is? I mean I read stuff like that when I was a young'un	Erose999	Oct 2013	#55
True, and there's nothing wrong with a little "light reading."	nomorenomore08	Oct 2013	#64
LOL, so you get to decide "actual literature"? LOL! Missing the point I think! n-t	Logical	Oct 2013	#78
I can hold whatever opinion I want. And so can you.	nomorenomore08	Oct 2013	#79
An item's position in a market place predicated in part on social awareness is not...	LanternWaste	Oct 2013	#47
My wife bought this book for my daughter.	rug	Oct 2013	#17
Next on to Mark Twain!	whistler162	Oct 2013	#18
Banning books...	hardcover	Oct 2013	#20
It is not banning books	whopis01	Oct 2013	#21
Keep telling yourself that	joeglow3	Oct 2013	#38
So by that logic, would any book that a bookstore chose not to carry would be a banned book?	whopis01	Oct 2013	#80
Or, you can choose not to purchase the book.	Throd	Oct 2013	#51
Read the headline again. It is a book banning fantasy	cthulu2016	Oct 2013	#66
it is insulting to every girl and to women. i do not get why people cannot recognize how fuckin	seabeyond	Oct 2013	#22
Lover Boy recently came home with a book with strictly defined gender roles in it & I'm OK with that	Nuclear Unicorn	Oct 2013	#85
i am hoping this was play to a serious issue. but ya... i imagine in both regards.	seabeyond	Oct 2013	#86
I'm cooking a lot more now that I'm home most days but he is by far the better cook.	Nuclear Unicorn	Oct 2013	#88
Sounds yummy. Hubby the better, more creative cook though over the years I have gotten good, too. He	seabeyond	Oct 2013	#89
And the Hardy Boys had more exciting adventures than Nancy Drew.	Nye Bevan	Oct 2013	#24
Those books are insulting to both girls and boys	Silent3	Oct 2013	#26
There certainly should be no frivolity,	Nye Bevan	Oct 2013	#28
Huh?	Silent3	Oct 2013	#43
Well, the girls have the "Twilight" stuff to look forward to in their tween years.	Nye Bevan	Oct 2013	#45
Who precisely voiced that particular premise?	LanternWaste	Oct 2013	#48
not comfortable with this	dembotoz	Oct 2013	#27
I read the Hardy Boys in the 70s and LOVED them.	Nye Bevan	Oct 2013	#29
Without them, it would have been years before I knew what "lanky" meant.	JBoy	Oct 2013	#35
What about "portly" Chet Morton?	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Oct 2013	#36
I remember reading "While the Clock Ticked"	Nye Bevan	Oct 2013	#44
Perhaps the young girl was preconditioned by parents to be offended. Hmmmm.	NYC_SKP	Oct 2013	#32
Just great..	Upton	Oct 2013	#34
I think stores have the right to make those decisions for themselves	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Oct 2013	#37
yep...an 8yo girl "banned" a book in a retail store	noiretextatique	Oct 2013	#41
I agree. Little girl (and mom): I'm offended. Therefore, nobody else should be able to see it.	NYC_SKP	Oct 2013	#42
People can order it through amazon or get it elsewhere too. No bookstore is required to carry every	uppityperson	Oct 2013	#68
The child didn't request that the book be removed.	Mariana	Oct 2013	#82
I'm not comfortable with this either...	cynatnite	Oct 2013	#50
ah, girls and womens greatest supporter here to show.... what? get that girl. bad bad girl.	seabeyond	Oct 2013	#52
I agree. Don't like a book? Then don't buy it, don't read it.	Throd	Oct 2013	#53
Behold the power of 8-year-old girls!	gollygee	Oct 2013	#57
Don't like a book, don't buy it. Your eyes, your choice.	The Straight Story	Oct 2013	#60
I thought the books were a bit too comic-book like. Here's a better pair of books, IMHO:	NYC_SKP	Oct 2013	#46
Hooray for banning books! Because everybody should just be able to get rid of the books they find	Erose999	Oct 2013	#54
+1	B Calm	Oct 2013	#58
This is hardly book banning or book burning. Not even close.	Silent3	Oct 2013	#61
Encouraging a bookstore to remove a book? So what if the fundies are offended by science books? Do	Erose999	Oct 2013	#83
^	cthulu2016	Oct 2013	#63
A private bookstore can decide what books they want to carry. Those books are readily available,	uppityperson	Oct 2013	#69
+1000! n/t	Skip Intro	Oct 2013	#70
You can agree or disagree with the store's response - I guess I'm ambivalent myself.	nomorenomore08	Oct 2013	#71
As offensive as that is all around, the worst part to me is that girls apparently need to be able to	Counterpoint PA	Oct 2013	#59
Good for her. Private book stores have the right to carry what they want and if they don't want to	uppityperson	Oct 2013	#65
It sure must suck to own a bookstore nowadays, though	FrodosPet	Oct 2013	#76
What sort of personality disorder makes a person tell stores what books not to carry?	cthulu2016	Oct 2013	#72
Thank you! Well said.	Mojo Electro	Oct 2013	#75
You should read the OP.	Mariana	Oct 2013	#81
Now, don't let facts get in the way	kcr	Oct 2013	#87
Not respected is an understatement.	Mariana	Oct 2013	#90
My neice has a "No Boys Allowed" sign on her bedroom door -	Skip Intro	Oct 2013	#73
Story sounds fishy	LittleBlue	Oct 2013	#74
Okay, is it just me, or do the girls book seem a lot more grounded in reality?	Tommy_Carcetti	Oct 2013	#77
Where some people see sexist indoctrination, I see kids encouraged to read.	lumberjack_jeff	Oct 2013	#84

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