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Tommy_Carcetti

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

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 05:46 PM

Oct 2013

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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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