Kid starting school ..

[Romain / rXg]

Still, I have a lot to learn ... :)

On Monday, September 2, 2013, ibi sum wrote:

> Romain - Our boys play with dolls as well! Corben has a Barbie! Of course
> .. It is often legless, but its also often covered in makeup!
>
> And not a week goes by when Corben doesn't wear a dress .. If he wants to!
> Of course, they both have capes too, and Flynn has a better suit than I do!
> :)
>
> So yeah .. Gender roles? Whatever. Society norms are for the
> normal-borings, not the Vaughan-Limberks! Didn't mean to imply you were
> ignorant or something, but I really think that societal norms, particularly
> in the child rearing department, are enforced by those who choose to commit
> to their cultural inheritance: and I have very little of that impulse left
> in me these days. Culture is the crime!
>
> Yeah, a girl. Maybe some day ..
>
> ;
> --
> seclorum
>
> On Sep 2, 2013, at 18:41, "Romain / rXg" <xtechcode at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'xtechcode at gmail.com');>>
> wrote:
>
> I don t see/think my question sexist in any way .. but doesn t matter :)
> I observed many friends around me with daughters and they( daughters) don
> t have the same way of playing compare to boys ... ( Am I weird or not
> normal to realize this ??? )
> Now saying girls <=> boys  is not correct in my opinion ... I have no
> problem seeing a little girl asking a little boy to try his remote control
> plane ... seeing the opposite ( in probabilities) would be surprising ...
> Which bring the next question :
> Do you agree with what's going on in Sweden about the gendre theory
> in schools  ?
> Boys playing barbies and girls playing wars ...Schools making rules to ask
> boys to pee sit down on the toilette etc  ?
>
> Will you be glad telling to the barians ,ie : Flynn plays barbies all the
> day long with his boy friends (note: a space) and for Xmas he wants the
> same clothes as his favorite Barbies unfortunately he doesn t like Ken ...
>   lol  :)
>
> btw my first question was not to talk about this "sexist subject"  as you
> called it lol ...
>
> Now for the experiment you need a daughter ... :)
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Jay Vaughan <jayv at synth.net<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'jayv at synth.net');>
> > wrote:
>
>> > I asked this question because imo generally little girls won t like to
>> > drive planes remote controls and keyboards etc ( of course there are
>> > exceptions :) but Barbies ... well it is not your case, lucky you !  :)
>>
>> This is not the sort of generalization we parents like to encourage.  A
>> couple of Flynns' girl friends (note: a space) who are begging him to let
>> them fly the planes might get a chance this weekend if the weather
>> cooperates.  Discourage sexism, at all costs!
>>
>> ;
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>> Jay Vaughan
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