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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 35916" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I think you did exactly the right thing in answering her questions when she came to you.</p><p></p><p>Because of where we live, we spend a lot of time driving in the car. I often use this time to just talk, about similar things. We go where the conversation leads us. </p><p></p><p>I do know that this is one area where socially, Australia and the US are hugely different. While our menfolk are allegedly notorious for not respecting women (Aussie joke: What is Aussie fore play? A: "Brace yourself, Raeleen!") the picture is actually not that bad.</p><p>In schools, only a small section of classroom males are disrespectful of females. Some of this is racial/cultural, but only a subset of that particular racial/cultural group, too. And our legal system (and their own community system) is now coming down on this, hard.</p><p>We have lots of rap, but we don't hear words like "ho" and "b*tch" (unless we're referring to farm tools, or girls being catty to one another). OK, we have other derogatory terms, but very few girls will respond favourable to them and the boys soon learn that the fastest way to get no action is to use such words to a girl.</p><p></p><p>Some of our girls are "tarts", "molls", or just plain cheap and trashy. Just LOOKING a certain way can get a girl a reputation. And yes, a lot of our girls are sexually active in mid-teens or even earlier. I suspect that if I discuss this with easy child 2/difficult child 2 she'll be more capable of a comparison.</p><p></p><p>But grabbing every opportunity to talk, when our kids open the door - fabulous.</p><p></p><p>I'll have to read up on this thing you're talking about. We have our own female role models, including some modern ones.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 35916, member: 1991"] I think you did exactly the right thing in answering her questions when she came to you. Because of where we live, we spend a lot of time driving in the car. I often use this time to just talk, about similar things. We go where the conversation leads us. I do know that this is one area where socially, Australia and the US are hugely different. While our menfolk are allegedly notorious for not respecting women (Aussie joke: What is Aussie fore play? A: "Brace yourself, Raeleen!") the picture is actually not that bad. In schools, only a small section of classroom males are disrespectful of females. Some of this is racial/cultural, but only a subset of that particular racial/cultural group, too. And our legal system (and their own community system) is now coming down on this, hard. We have lots of rap, but we don't hear words like "ho" and "b*tch" (unless we're referring to farm tools, or girls being catty to one another). OK, we have other derogatory terms, but very few girls will respond favourable to them and the boys soon learn that the fastest way to get no action is to use such words to a girl. Some of our girls are "tarts", "molls", or just plain cheap and trashy. Just LOOKING a certain way can get a girl a reputation. And yes, a lot of our girls are sexually active in mid-teens or even earlier. I suspect that if I discuss this with easy child 2/difficult child 2 she'll be more capable of a comparison. But grabbing every opportunity to talk, when our kids open the door - fabulous. I'll have to read up on this thing you're talking about. We have our own female role models, including some modern ones. Marg [/QUOTE]
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