Well, It Was Okay For You, So Now It's Okay For Us...

      This blog suspects that the reason this author was called a "stupid girl" when she was young was that she was stupid. She remains so, except now her stupidity is thoroughly ensconced in hypocrisy, "reverse"-sexism, and self-righteousness. As this blog pointed out some time ago, if the word "boys" were changed to "girls," there'd be an outcry of even greater proportions. "And I take away reason and accountability...." Ugh! Hypocrite! Notice how the article manages to circle back around to the oh-so-typical "our poor girls" argument, such that it becomes a legitimated rationale for knocking boys? (Notice, too, that her article links to the website purveying the shirts: this is roughly equivalent to a product endorsement.) But, let's face it, arguments like this one are no different than the old sexist arguments that justified minimizing and insulting women. It is, however, okay to insult boys. They're fair game. Especially while they're young. Yeah, that's the ticket. That's going to make things better. Why is one type of stereotyping okay and another not? This is nothing less than self-mitigating bull-plop. Or heiffer-plop, if our beloved authoress would prefer an alternate genderization.

      (Oh, and, by the way, as to her unbelievably idiotic statement about girls "having" to dress "like 25-year-old hookers": in her words, puhhh-leeeeeze. Most teenagers either aren't buying their own clothes, or they're buying them with mommy's and daddy's money. Either way, the fault of tacit approval of this sort of thing rests with the parents. "Oh, yes, dear, you look all grown up in your thong! Sure, you can wear it to school today!" Sheesh.)