"Why I didn't want a girl"

[asterroc]

A disgusting article written by a mother of two boys about why she doesn't want a girl for her third child. Absolutely disgustingly prejudiced and stereotyped and sexist and makes me want to puke. Moreover, what's this poor girl going to think when she grows up enough to read this article by her mother?

Comments

[meig.livejournal.com]

She probably won't give a shit. The article wasn't about how she would flip out if her boys acted differently from what she viewed as normal oy behavior.

I have two boys and I agree with this woman 100%. I think that in general, women *are* more manipulative. I remember extremely well the cattiness and bitchiness that I had to deal with as a teenager...and I still deal with it from some women I know that never made it past high school in their heads. I also have worked in offices where the majority of the staff were women, and it's a cutthroat world at times. There is always gossip flying, backstabbing, etc.. It's vicious.

Perhaps, since zandperl is used to working in more areas where in general there are more men, she is not aware of/used to the vicious manipulation that can go on amongst women. In my experience, I would MUCH rather work with a bunch of men because there just isn't the same level of bullshit and gossip and nastiness as there is with women. I don't think this makes me sexist, it is just my experience. In my experience, much of what the author of that article says is 100& right on. And, of course, there are always the exceptions.

[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

I agree about the portrayal of women. I just object to the stereotyping that girls always like princesses and boys can't.

I'm not sure if I'd rather work with men than women. Yeah, women are catty, but men are incapable of saying what they mean.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, since zandperl is used to working in more areas where in general there are more men

When I was in astronomy (male-dominated) I saw a lot of back biting, hiding of information, power struggles, and also outright sexism against myself and the few other women. I am now in the female-dominated field of education and people are ridiculously nice.