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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the first impression you're talking about includes having to have shaven legs and wear makeup, and the male equivalent for my son, then I hope they'll decide that's the wrong place for them. But that will be their life and their choice.[/quote]

What job are they going to get if they refuse to wear make up[b] and put on your best clothes[/b]?  Your first impression is given long before you open your mouth.  Its so funny- you keep saying that it will be their choice but the philosophy you're describing will effectively eliminate most career choices for them.  [/quote]

Putting on makeup and putting on your best clothes are two very different things. Of course my children wear clean clothes (except for messy play), and I'm teaching them that there are different situations and different behaviours.

As I said, once they're adults, it will be their life and their choice. If my daughter wants to doll herself up with makeup everyday because job x is the thing that makes them the most happy, that will be her choice. But she damn well will know *why* women are expected to wear makeup, a certain kind of clothes and so on. What she chooses to do with that knowledge it's her business once she is a grown woman. Is that so hard to understand?[/quote]

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