Comments on: Overheard at a business meeting

By: Lena

Lena — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:10:38 +0000

Always remember, girls do not poop! (At least they wouldn’t dare admit it.)

By: Av0gadro

Av0gadro — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:36:03 +0000

To be fair, my three year old spends so much time talking about his own genitalia (and frequently other people’s) that I can see how it would remove a filter in parents. The same way I used to excuse myself to use the restroom, and now I have to stop myself from announcing to the room that I have to go potty.

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:40:47 +0000

I had the same thought, Spark.

By: pcwhite

pcwhite — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:21:39 +0000

(Hi, everyone! First time commenter, long-time lurker.)

Ugh, so nauseating. Does anyone else find it REALLY creepy and inappropriate how MIJM just casually talks about his daughter’s genitals (‘girl parts’) to a stranger? That is, presumably this WIDKW is a stranger to the kid, not necessarily to him. Gross.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:41:48 +0000

@sybann: Yeah, had he said “girly”, I might have let it go, since that would be acknowledging the stereotype. Instead he flings himself into the stereotype’s arms and gives it a big wet kiss.

And I totally agree with Katharsis that there might be rocky times ahead if MIJM’s daughter fails to give up her rough-and-tumble ways and become a perfect lady in her teen years.

By: sybann

sybann — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:48:36 +0000

Oh lord. I would have been willing to give him a pass had he said “she’s not girly” and left it at that – but then after some thought I now find that entirely unacceptable too.

We have come far. We have far more territory to go.

By: Spark

Spark — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:15:35 +0000

May I suggest that he thinks highly of her because she doesn't "act like a girl"?

By: jennifer

jennifer — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:57:25 +0000

@ annimal, my partner’s sister is a single mother of a boy and is so freaked out that she might damage him by raising him without a male influence she is the worst person i’ve ever run across as making “oh he’s all boy” comments. her group of single mother friends also love to join in the gender essentializing.

By: underbelly

underbelly — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:17:06 +0000

Ugh.

By: mischiefmanager

mischiefmanager — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:11:17 +0000

Right, thanks for the reminder, jerk of a dad. I forgot that boys are curious and girls are gossipy. I’ll inform my engineer daughter immediately that she is, in fact, a male.

*grinds teeth*