Okay, is it just me, or do the girls book seem a lot more grounded in reality? (Reply #77)

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Thu Oct 3, 2013, 04:46 PM

77. Okay, is it just me, or do the girls book seem a lot more grounded in reality?

The girls have babysitting, fights with friends, bullies, speech making, dealing with sunburns, etc.

The boys have surviving shark attacks, polar bear attacks, parachute failure, lightning strikes, vampire attacks, zombie invasions.

Okay, actually they both have zombie invasions for some strange reasons.

But seems like the girls book are a lot more practical than the boys book.

I don't know. The story itself I find annoying. Not a big fan of pulling books off shelves.

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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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