5 Lessons We Should Stop Teaching Girls

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5 Lessons We Should Stop Teaching Girls

So what do you think? A valid place to start or gross oversimplification of a far more serious problem than helping girls to be stronger?

I do think that it is a good place to start however it is extremely simplified. I think there are hundreds of riduculous 'rules' our daughters are socialised into following.

My dd certainly isn't being taught those lessons. She is 6 and already a feminist in the making!

I got put off by the first one:
"Clear your plate. Whether you?re hungry or not, keep eating until all of the food is gone. Take one look at me and you will know that I took this one to heart.
New lesson: We don?t want to be wasteful, so don?t put too much on your plate. Listen to your body. When you feel full, stop eating."

Well ok, over-eating can be wasteful and so on, but I'd thought on reading the first words that it was an anti-anorexic point, not an anti-food point! Grrr.

The first one is a bit wanky.