Quote: (03-17-2014 09:57 AM)PompeyChris Wrote:
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Girl Scouts: Thanks for your years of support. We're glad that you haven't been witness to inappropriate name-calling of girls. Unfortunately, research shows that girls who display leadership qualities are often put down, silenced, and unfairly labeled as bossy.
From the FB page.
How the fuck did they research that?
Probably the book "Reviving Ophelia" from the 1990s, which has been picked apart for its shoddy research.
That said, I have issues with this nebulous concept that we're hearing about more and more... "leadership." Where I live, we have a group that the movers and shakers of local business join that's called "Leadership (Our) County." It's filled with nothing but empty suits and skirts: the type of business people that sell houses and lease spaces, but don't produce anything. But they have endless meetings where they give each other awards for various bullshit tasks and constantly get their "grip and grin" photos in the local paper.
So this is what they want to teach girls. To parade around and clap themselves on the back instead of producing anything of value. Say what you want about Zuckerberg or the Google shitheads, but they actually created things that changed society without droning on about "leadership."
Ban leadership.