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100 things “good girls” just don’t do.

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How many of you have ever heard the random statements parents, neighbors, and/or friends (male or female) make regarding the things “good girls” should and shouldn’t do?

Doesn’t it just piss you off sometimes?

I mean, isn’t it just frustrating?!

What’s a girl gotta do to let her hair loose without having her character debased, her self-worth assaulted, and her morality called to question?

Following a conversation with a few guys in my carpool (guys can be really ridiculous when talking about things their girlfriends/wives “better not” do), I sat down to compile a list of things “good girls” just don’t do. Let’s get a good visual of how utterly ridiculous and downright contradictory these standards are. They are not in any particular order, and feel free to leave a comment adding something to the list. Let’s see how long this list can be! [READ MORE]

sluts.

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So, yesterday I was standing in formation and another Soldier (male) began telling me about his weekend. Apparently, it was awesome in general, but he was particularly amused Saturday night when he sat on his in-laws’ porch and got to “watch all the sluts and skanks walking by in all their slutty skirts.”

Given the setting, I couldn’t give the Soldier a piece of my mind right then and there, however I did manage to keep a straight face and say, “Oh my gosh, are you serious? You know, if you got a laugh out of that, you should go home and Google ‘Slut Walk 2011′ on your computer.” Immediately, the ears of the other guys in my class pricked up, several of them looking interested in seeing “real sluts” on their computer screens.

Jokes on them.

Slut Walk began as a protest in Toronto following remarks made by officers from the city’s Police Service. During a meeting where safety tips were being handed out to women concerned about the issue, one officer shared his perspective that if women wanted to avoid being sexually assaulted, then they shouldn’t “dress like sluts.”

Obviously, this is a classic case of blaming the victim.

Toronto’s citizens didn’t just stand idly by and accept such an inappropriate remark. Instead, they organized a protest that swept across Canada and even the United States. [READ MORE]

if dr. seuss is dangerous, then twain was a kkk grand wizard.

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Recently, I read a blog post entitled, “Reading Dr. Seuss Can Be Dangerous” via the Slacktiverse, and it honestly made me want to soak my feminist badge in gasoline, light it on fire, and roll over the remnants with my bike.

Dr. Seuss? Dangerous?

Really?

Apparently, someone had enough time on their hands to develop a gender-inclusion model for Dr. Seuss’ books, read them all, applied the model to each one, and came up with astonishing results:

“Of all the words spoken in the books only 2.7% are spoken by females (86.9% are spoken by males and 10.4% are spoken by characters of uncertain gender). Males speak an incredible 32.2 times as many words as females. Females have been rendered silent and invisible.” [READ MORE]