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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS is truly going downhill.

Excerpts from The Poet X: the other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.
When your body takes up more room than your voice
you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,
which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.
Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced
by insults.

And I get all this attention from guys  but it’s like a sancocho of emotions.
This stew of mixed-up ingredients: partly flattered they think I’m attractive, partly scared they’re only interested in my ass and boobs, and a good measure of Mami-will-kill-me fear sprinkled on top.

Good girls don’t wear tampones. Are you still a virgin? Are you having relations?”
I didn’t know how to answer her, I could only cry. She shook her head and told me to skip church that day. Threw away the box of tampons, saying they were for cueros. That she would buy me pads. Said eleven was too young. That she would pray on my behalf.
I didn’t understand what she was saying. But I stopped crying. I licked at my split lip. I prayed for the bleeding to stop.

Yeah, no, my kid isn’t going to be reading this crap. This is so ridiculous. [/quote]

This is what you find offensive?  You've got to be kidding me 🤦. Let me guess, you threw a fit about Turning Red as well?  What do you think is appropriate reading for a 14 year old?  Nancy Drew?  [/quote]

I don’t see any boys being able to relate to this crap. I don’t think they need to be exposed to vocabulary such as “thot” or “ho” and I don’t think they need to be discussing tampon use and virginity. [/quote]

I just want to understand.  You don't want your boys discussing poems about how how demeaning women harms them.  Or about women's bodies. Or about women's right to say not to them.   Because those themes are a major part of this book.  It seems as though you'd rather your child continue to think that he is the center of the universe, and that rapey culture is fine.  Boys and men thinking that they don't need to understand phenomena that they can't personally relate to is the foundation of that culture.

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