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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t you find all that precious energy kind of tedious?  I’m a very feminine woman,  but I find little girls who are into glitter and pink,etc, excessively banal and annoying. real ballerinas only wear tutus in performances, and sparkles make you look like like a stripper. I would never buy my daughter half the crap they try and sell to girls. most “girly” is just crass materialism   Girly is annoying. Feminine is not.

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Now this annoys me about feminism today.  I thought the point of feminism was to make sure that girls/women had the opportunity to be who they wanted to be.  Just as I don't think it's right for girls to be denied opportunities (assuming they're otherwise qualified) because the roles are  traditionally filled by males, I think it's wrong to say that girls can't do things because they're too girly.

Now wearing tutus may not be practical for most situations and I wouldn't advise stripper clothes for little girls, but contrary to pp, I think things can be pink, glittery, and sparkly, without being inappropriate.  Annoying?  Maybe, but that's a judgement call of the viewer.  Annoying is not the same as offensive, and I imagine everything annoys someone.  Crass materialism? Absolutely, but try to find something that isn't.  I would also say that sports stuff, natural/eco-type stuff, even holiday stuff like Thanksgiving and Christmas can have crass materialistic aspects.  If anybody wants anything, somebody will try to make a buck off it. [/quote]

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