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Okay, am I petty about the term "girly men"?
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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 217282" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">Whymemom, I wish you had said something to the teacher quietly and in private afterwards; I would love to hear what she had to say in response. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">I think that very often we're raised with certain terminology and phrases that have very antiquated notions. This terminology and those phrases do not carry well into our modern world, do they? </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">I guess you could give the teacher the benefit of the doubt that she was just getting into her role and considering the time when these actions took place. But like you, I am thinking why not take every opportunity possible to teach ALL of our children that they can conquer their giants...boys AND girls. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">I would have been as upset as you. I am VERY sensitive to that sort of thing. I hate it when my H refers to his male clients as guys and the female clients as 'girls'...I always correct him and just say, "Women". He always rolls his eyes at me. I'm sorry, maybe I am being picky, but any female over the age of 19 is no longer a girl, in my opinion. Know what I mean?? </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #4b0082">ps: My father in law still calls some middle aged women "broads"!!! O-M-G</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 217282, member: 2211"] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]Whymemom, I wish you had said something to the teacher quietly and in private afterwards; I would love to hear what she had to say in response. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]I think that very often we're raised with certain terminology and phrases that have very antiquated notions. This terminology and those phrases do not carry well into our modern world, do they? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]I guess you could give the teacher the benefit of the doubt that she was just getting into her role and considering the time when these actions took place. But like you, I am thinking why not take every opportunity possible to teach ALL of our children that they can conquer their giants...boys AND girls. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]I would have been as upset as you. I am VERY sensitive to that sort of thing. I hate it when my H refers to his male clients as guys and the female clients as 'girls'...I always correct him and just say, "Women". He always rolls his eyes at me. I'm sorry, maybe I am being picky, but any female over the age of 19 is no longer a girl, in my opinion. Know what I mean?? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#4b0082][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#4b0082]ps: My father in law still calls some middle aged women "broads"!!! O-M-G[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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