tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post4839567261542061855..comments2024-03-26T21:23:44.804-07:00Comments on Bibliomama: Day 24 - Clothes Make the Woman - NOTBibliomamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11825424183978181238noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-41421434523959726482015-11-26T19:04:40.251-08:002015-11-26T19:04:40.251-08:00Preach it, sister!Preach it, sister!Helen Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083085216259553492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-72666138293728926582015-11-26T08:54:34.283-08:002015-11-26T08:54:34.283-08:00Amen to all of this. It's frustrating how per...Amen to all of this. It's frustrating how pervasive this is. For example Youngest (6.5) does climbing and it's right after school so my mom takes her to it and I pick her up. The other day when my mom called to tell me that she'd dropped Youngest off she also told me in a very serious voice that I have to be sure Youngest doesn't wear the same T shirt to climbing again because when she was reaching for some climbing holds you could see her stomach!!!! It was all I could do not to tell my mom that her thoughts and statement were complete bullshit, that it's garbage that she'd even be thinking about that w/r/t a 6 YEAR OLD, and if she ever said anything of the kind to Youngest I would be extremely upset. Suffice it to say I was raised with plenty of shame/anxiety about my body and I'm doing the best I can to keep my kids from having the same experience and society (and my mother evidently) are making it really hard. Sigh. /rantMaggiehttp://twitter.com/ryenermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-7831585345829102762015-11-25T09:16:31.540-08:002015-11-25T09:16:31.540-08:00Fair enough, Steph. I've never experienced tha...Fair enough, Steph. I've never experienced that particular problem with Eve, but I'm sure some people do. I guess my point is that either pressure is equally unacceptable to me. Bibliomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825424183978181238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-57628078733199687462015-11-25T03:29:47.271-08:002015-11-25T03:29:47.271-08:00To take this back to dress codes and not just wome...To take this back to dress codes and not just women's clothes in general, I find it complicated. On the one hand, I see how they are more restrictive on girls than boys and I agree that's a problem. But I also find it problematic that what's considered fashionable for girls is so much tighter/more revealing than what's considered fashionable for boys. To fit in, a girl might have to reveal more than she really wants to, so it's not just an issue of choice, wearing what you want, etc. Girls are subject to pressure from both sides (wear less! wear more!) and it seems hard to me to find a middle ground. And my daughter is only 9. The worst of this is ahead.StephLovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03888019478250380270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102491209284064200.post-38190647672901212462015-11-24T13:49:56.403-08:002015-11-24T13:49:56.403-08:00Ha! This: "Apparently if I respect myself, th...Ha! This: "Apparently if I respect myself, that will prevent men from perpetrating a host of indignities on me, from paying me less for equivalent work to raping me. Right. All I have to do is respect myself. Good to know it's so easy."<br /><br />We should have known!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212465957211363245noreply@blogger.com