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FYI (if you’re a teenage girl) - from a mother of four boys
09-04-2013, 03:21 PM
http://givenbreath.com/2013/09/03/fyi-if...nage-girl/
A message from a mother of four teenaged boys to teen aged girls out there regarding slutty ass pictures of themselves on social media.
maybe there is a backlash starting of the ho-ification of american female children?
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FYI (if you’re a teenage girl) - from a mother of four boys
09-04-2013, 03:35 PM
This is something I am running up against constantly. One person saying something really doesn't matter in the scheme of things because of the avalanche of opinion that contradicts it. Think of the cultural ecosystem in a place like Russia. Everyone has encouraged their daughters to dress well, act like a lady, study hard, do what they say they are going to do and to follow through on showing up places when they agree to, barring extraordinary circumstances. The lesson is passed from the older generation to the younger through repetition. There is a real guidance passed down on how to behave, how to dress and what activities to pursue.
In America on the other hand, girls simply don't have anyone telling them anything negative. If they get chubby no one will tell them. If they don't show up to a social commitment no one will tell them they are a bad person. If you try to tell them to stop being flaky they will most likely just remove the source of negative feelings(you) by ignoring your texts and phone calls. It really takes an entire culture reinforcing a particular message in order for it to stick. Imagine what would have happened in 1950's America if a girl made plans and just didn't show up. Her reputation would probably take a severe hit and the mom and sisters of the boy who had been stood up would probably tell a sizeable number of people. Everyone who heard about it would consider it a sign of bad breeding and would universally condemn it. It would serve as a warning to other girls who may think about following suit.
This one woman is telling girls to stop attention whoring. This is positive. Unfortunately there are hundreds of people a girl meets and television that tell her the opposite. They tell her that her behavior should have no limits and she shouldn't be judged for any action, no matter how crass, attention seeking or worthless. The parents of these young attention seekers are mostly to blame. Allowing your kid to be glued to a smart phone or post suggestive pictures on instagram is a failure of correct parenting.
Let me reiterate. Girls in America simply are not told ANYTHING negative about themselves by ANYONE. The message is that you can do no wrong and no one can judge you for anything.
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FYI (if you’re a teenage girl) - from a mother of four boys
09-05-2013, 12:56 PM
Accusations of slut shaming in three...two...one...
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FYI (if you’re a teenage girl) - from a mother of four boys
09-05-2013, 03:17 PM
Those people are the reason I stopped going to church. Complete lunatics. Constantly giving advice and defending meaningless ideals.
Where is the Father?
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FYI (if you’re a teenage girl) - from a mother of four boys
09-05-2013, 09:32 PM
Quote: (09-05-2013 07:36 PM)WesternCancer Wrote:
Quote: (09-04-2013 03:35 PM)n0000 Wrote:
Let me reiterate. Girls in America simply are not told ANYTHING negative about themselves by ANYONE. The message is that you can do no wrong and no one can judge you for anything.
Girls are not told anything negative about themselves by those within their social media and immediate real life bubble.
Sure Becky's friends will praise her for getting dicked down by the highschool quarterback, but her friends will talk shit about her behind her back - because they're jealous - and so will the QB's girlfriend. Becky will graduate highschool and hit some party school, she will get alright grades by not trying very hard, but despite her outward rationalizations of "I do what I want, no one can judge" shes still secretly paralyzed with fear that people are actually judging her.
What I believe is happening isn't "girls aren't getting told anything bad" its that their "positive energy bubble" is getting larger and larger due to both what they see in the media as acceptable (being some rachet ass entitled bitch) and the ever growing stream of social media attention.
A girl can get called a fat cuntass bitch on facebook yet still get 100 likes on her profile picture. That still hurts her way less than only 10 people signing your yearbook because there was a rumour about you getting a hotdog stuck in your vagina (true story from my hometown).
Then again, what do I know, I'm a 21 year old male, not a 15 year old girl.
I remember this rumor from my highschool days too. Is this a northamerican urban legend?
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FYI (if you’re a teenage girl) - from a mother of four boys
09-06-2013, 11:26 PM
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