Cinderella - anyone else concerned

[WorkingMummy]

Good one.

I like this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs

[Lula]

Only just discovered this thread and loved reading back all the intelligent well thought through comments. I agree that parents and siblings are the strongest role models but gender stereotyping and pink and blue toys/clothes do make me despair. Love that video, WM.

I find some of the strongest stereotyping comes from adults.

I once saw a mother forcibly remove a sparkly necklace from her 4 year old son's grasp because it was not for him to play with. Little things like this happen to both sexes throughout childhood and into adulthood. I guess it depends on your mood on the day. However, just the other day I was really peeved because I was parallel parking and paused mid-manoeuvre because me son asked me something so I turned around to talk to him and a dad walked past and looked at me, waving me into the space. Now he could have done this by asking if I wanted help getting into the space but instead he smirked and gestured in a way that essentially said, 'go on, you can do it...' Made me so cross!

[canela]

hmmm, have you seen this?

http://everydaysexism.com/

[LondonMix]

I hope you told him you were fine and just speaking to your son! I would find that really annoying as well.

Lula Wrote:

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> Only just discovered this thread and loved reading

> back all the intelligent well thought through

> comments. I agree that parents and siblings are

> the strongest role models but gender stereotyping

> and pink and blue toys/clothes do make me despair.

> Love that video, WM.

> I find some of the strongest stereotyping comes

> from adults.

> I once saw a mother forcibly remove a sparkly

> necklace from her 4 year old son's grasp because

> it was not for him to play with. Little things

> like this happen to both sexes throughout

> childhood and into adulthood. I guess it depends

> on your mood on the day. However, just the other

> day I was really peeved because I was parallel

> parking and paused mid-manoeuvre because me son

> asked me something so I turned around to talk to

> him and a dad walked past and looked at me, waving

> me into the space. Now he could have done this by

> asking if I wanted help getting into the space but

> instead he smirked and gestured in a way that

> essentially said, 'go on, you can do it...' Made

> me so cross!

[canela]

also, interesting to note that the gender pay gap means that from now until the end of the year women are effectively working for free.....

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/09/gender-pay-gap-women-working-free-until-end-of-year

[Lula]

Thanks, Canela. I did hear about that but had not taken the time to look at the website. Interesting project. LondonMix, I wish I did but I was flabbergasted and by the time I found my tongue he was gone.