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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please don't. That is against the entire point of the group. If my DD were participating, I'd be super pissed at you. You aren't respecting the purpose of this organization.[/quote]

But won't someone think of the boooyyyyysssssss

/sarcasm[/quote]

Someone in our third grade chat asked if there was a Boys on the Run.  Bro....[/quote]

I mean, in my kid’s elementary school, there in fact was no club for boys running. There was zero that was just for boys, but a lot that was just for girls. The boys notice, and you better be prepared for how you will explain it. [/quote]

It's very easy to explain. If boys were allowed into "Girls on the Run" they would undermine the empowerment message and safe space for girls to build confidence and self-esteem in a girls-only environment. Boys don't need that sort of empowerment -- they are empowered by society and as they grow older they will internalize that in ways subtle and overt. This is also a useful lesson in what is equal and what is fair are not the same thing. No one is stopping them from running themselves or even organizing their own boys club to run if that's what they want to do. But any sense of entitlement that they should be allowed into a girls-only club only reinforces why that exclusive club exists in the first place. [/quote]

that is a terrible explanation for a boy who doesn’t see the actual girls around him suffering from any kind of disadvantage. [/quote]

It’s best if they overcome their cognitive dissonance when they are young. Otherwise they might grow up to be insufferable dipshits like Charlie Kirk. [/quote]

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