Fun (kinda) with Facebook.

[rabbitucker]

Yes, I fully understand that most of the people who will see this are coming here *from* Facebook, but, you know, whatever.

Here are some things from the Facebook that I feel like blogging about.

CorrectionI was watching "4 San Antonio Living," a morning chat show that comes on at ten, locally. They recently hired a young novice to be a co-host

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[ovary]

After seeing this exchange, I can't help but think this says something about girls in our society. Specifically, this says something about how we view them, and what we teach them to value about themselves when they are young.

Exactly what? You said specifically, but then you weren't specific. And who is "we" and who is "them", what is being taught, and who is doing the teaching?

[rabbitucker]

Okay.

Notice: Dad is on Facebook bragging about a technical/academic achievement that Girl has now reached. People comment in support of this achievement, and "like" the post.

However, Nana, the first commenter, glosses over the achievement entirely and responds with "What a cutie!" Dad has to remind her that's not the topic at hand.

I have seen, within my own family, with the kids and teachers I work with, and with random people that I come across, that boys and girls are taught to value different things in themselves, and those attitudes are internalized with constant reinforcement from adults. Boys are told "you're smart," "you're brave," "you're strong," "you're funny," "you're a hard worker," "you're creative." Girls are almost exclusively told "you're cute" or "you're pretty."

Nana, in the same way, totally ignored over the Girl-is-clever message Dad was conveying, and could only think to say Girl is cute.

[ovary]

Ah, I was skimming and mistakenly believed the comment to apply to the Atticus screenie above, and not the screenie below. And obviously, that made no sense. I hadn't the time on first read to hit the entire post.

Agree with your point.