anyone seen this blog about being a mum of boys?

[expectingno2]

m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5755682?utm_hp_ref=tw

I know it Is only one blog but i am seeing it shared and liked on social media.

Not sure I know how to link properly but one of the comments - boys give better kisses ...... with no agenda??? Wtaf.

[VelvetEmbers]

What a stupid blog. I have 2 girls and 3 boys.
DD1 liked to climb and wasn't interested in dolls. Or cars. Or lego. Very strong opinion on what she would and wouldn't wear.
DS1 loved cars and just about anything with wheels. He also loved to draw. He will only wear proper shirts with a collar, not T shirts. He has ASD and is now an engineer.
DS2 just liked to fight - has ADHD. Always looked like an unmade bed with zero interest in clothes.
DS3 liked pink glittery things, ballet, dressing up. Had a fantastic eye for style even as a toddler. Continues to be interested in style and fashion as an adult. Was a very huggy snuggly little boy.
DD2 loves to climb and jump and fidget. She loves stones and sticks, and My Little Pony. Zero interest in clothes- will accept anything I put on her.

The difference between them is because they are different people.

[PetulaGordino]

i'm going to watch that film at the weekend

[UptoapointLordCopper]

I blame the Princess Bride for introducing the idea of torture to my DC.

Who would have thought a film with "princess" and "bride" in the title would be so unfeminine. Somebody should tell them.

[HazleNutt]

god forbid she actually has a daughter who is not interested in tutus and tea parties..

[WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes]

Glad I've found this thread, had a bit of a discussion on FB about it a few days ago, it made my blood boil. I have a boy and a girl and the sexism in that blog made me very angry indeed. I just hope she never goes on to have a daughter, I feel sorry for her sons being brought up by such a misogynistic parent.

[KulamLobeseder]

LOL Petula! My DDs play with Barbies a lot, but every game involves kidnap and torture, and I frequently find Barbie dolls with their hands tied behind their backs with hair bobbles.

[PetulaGordino]

i've posted this before, but i a quiet game of tea parties with my brother and our cuddly toys and dolls. except it turned out that we were mashing up skips (the prawn flavoured crisps) with water and spreading it on the carpet to look like vomit because the toys had been poisoned by the tea

[HazleNutt]

Does anybody actually know any families with girls, where there is peace and quiet and the toddler girls only ever sit quietly on the sofa, reading? Possibly having occasional (quiet) tea parties. Do I only know exceptionally feral children?

[Tadla]

I just read the blog. Its just so stupid and just continues the sexism that little girls and young teenagers have to break through. I hate this nonsense that girls are bitchy. Its horrible and nasty. Boys can be unpleasant too.

[ItIsSmallerOnTheOutside]

I actually don't really like fart jokes (actually I find it hard to even say the word 'fart'). Good to know my ovaries are in good working order.

[CocktailQueen]

And have you looked at some of the comments to, and replies to, that blog? hideous! Some really vile ones.

[CocktailQueen]

Have had a quick look - what a load of rubbish!!! DS has no truck with any superheroes, or Star Wars. He loves clothes. He's not keen on guns. And that's just for a start!

[KulamLobeseder]

My DDs and I find farts hilarious, but the only man in our house, DH, doesn't. He is no fun at all. DD1 can also burp at will, and her latest party trick is burping the alphabet. I am dead jealous of her skills. But how many girls will have been told such behaviour is "unladylike" and given a grim stare when they do it instead of the hilarity it would evoke if a boy did it?

[UptoapointLordCopper]

People who work in childcare for years tell me things like that. It makes you wonder and a bit worried, to say the least. "Isn't it funny that in all my years of nursery teaching I've never seen a girl laugh at fart jokes?" > We happen to know many girls who are experts at fart jokes but maybe we are mistaken.

[KulamLobeseder]

This is why I no longer chat to the local mums at the park any more. Their one and only topic of conversation seems to be the differences between girls and boys, and if I dare to mention words like "social conditioning" they look at me as if I have grown an extra head and antennae.

[KERALA1]

Don't understand how women get the bitchy and manipulative label. Ime the most scheming "bitchy" people always male. Dh going through a process at work to appoint for a senior role the male bitching and game playing has to be seen to be believed. The only ones playing a straight bat are the women.

[Miggsie]

She sounds as if she really wanted to be a man herself and enjoy male privilege so she is saying being a mum of boys is the next best thing and she can sort of hang onto the coat tails of male superiority by bringing up 2 superior beings.

When anyone can only celebrate their existence by denigrating others you know there's a deeply unhappy and conflicted person underneath.

My DD is so nice and straightforward whereas my friends boy is the most manipulative child I've ever come across - really makes his parents jump to his tune...

I also seem to recall Machiavelli was male, and so was Richard the 3rd - such uncomplicated and innately loving men those two!

[MillwoldGold]

Well, my DS has evidently failed as a boy if Star Wars is a defining feature of manhood. He is also very good at sudden bursts of affection when he wants to go on my computer (though I now know there's no link, as boys aren't manipulative in that way ).

However, he does think farts are funny, and he doesn't keep his hands to himself. Which evidently means that this stupid blog is spot on. Obviously my DDs don't find farts funny, and never try to thump each other or their brother.

My last sentence is as much rot as that blog.

[UptoapointLordCopper]

smaller at MIL and FIL.

[ItIsSmallerOnTheOutside]

Argh. Fil is a sexist fool too. He's already said something about our 9 week old daughter being able to manipulate us, you know, being a girl and all. Ffs. I wish they would FROTTFSOF.

[ItIsSmallerOnTheOutside]

My 1 year old nephew yanked at my top once and mil straight away said "going for the boobs - typical boy" .

No mil. No.

[nooka]

What a load of sad sexist shit. Even worse are some of the comments, 'just chuckle and move on'. Really?

Nice one to the dad though, managed to celebrate his daughters without denigrating the boys he didn't have. And the pictures underneath are lovely (Love in One Photo).

[Stirrup]

I loved the response. I don't think I could hear to read the original article because of the sheer rage that would engulf me.

I am absolutely fed up of all these gender stereotypes. They come from everywhere. Educated professional couples to the waiter who told my 3 yr old last week that his meal would come later because he would have to learn that it was ladies first. He's 3 and hungry!

I absolutely despair of it. I thought I'd have a battle on my hands with the grandparents but never realised that would be so ingrained and so widespread.

I try my hardest not to be prejudiced, to respond to the individual child's likes and dislikes but it really does feel like I'm this one weird individual sticking out like a sore thumb and fighting a losing battle!

[fustybritches]

I have a ds and a dd, that blog made me so angry! All the stuff about girls having an agenda.

The author calls herself a feminist but is completely anti girl

[BertieBotts]

Someone posted this on facebook the other day and it was annoying.

But I liked this which facebook suggested to me straight afterwards. A nice refreshing counter to these kinds of toilet paper worthy "articles".

www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-reynolds/the-great-list-of-things-i-cant-do-because-i-only-have-daughters_b_5125151.html