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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 14 yr old just called me now at 9:45pm to tell me he and his friends want to go get ice cream after watching the football game at his HS.  I made sure I knew who he was with, and exactly where they are going, etc..and he checks in every so often via text.

But I was just saying to my DH that if this was our DD at 14, I would've said no, and he agrees.

Total double standard, and I remember my parents having this kind of double standard for me and my brother when I was a teenager.

But, I can't help it.. I wouldn't want my DD at 14 out and about at this time of night with just a couple of her female friends.  She's got a few years to reach 14, but oiy, I can see .. this is gonna be tough.[/quote]

Of course you CAN help it, you just don’t want to. This is all sexist bullsh*t. Get over yourself, prepare yourself to treat your daughter the same way you treat your son, or be prepared to have a sh*tty relationship with her and for her to doubt her own worth, agency and ability to take care of herself because of YOUR hang ups. [/quote]
Girls are more of a target. Unfortunately, that's real life.  [b]I don't have to really worry about my DS getting raped by a drunk boy at a party.  I do of course talk to my DS about "no means no", [/b]but he  hasn't even hit puberty yet, so I don't have to worry about that just yet, though of course, it's on my radar.

Why would she doubt her own worth just because I am more cautious with her than her brother?  DD also has a lot of anxiety and tends to panic in emergency situations. So yes, we will probably have to treat her a bit differently.  [/quote]

Maybe if parents of boys just wouldn't let them go out to parties (in case they got drunk and tried to rape someone) then parents of girls could let them go out.
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