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Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

Have you really, though? Or are you just confusing television/movies/the internet with real life (like most posters in this thread)?

Oh please. I listen to NPR while commuting. NPR is not, as you put it, “television/movies/internet.” Its journalism on the radio.

And NPR have had numerous pieces - even whole series - about how parents expect perfection from girls but these same parents all give boys a free-pass for everything; the parents just shrug their shoulders when boys misbehave and make lame excuses like “boys will be boys.”

Everything in America is so completely biased against girls!

I am all for believing this, but I really haven't seen this in real life. Can you link to the piece?

Also, how old are the kids we are talking about here? And what is meant by "perfection?"

thought I had it Among favorites; couldn’t locate the npr but this is just one of the works of journalism they reviewed

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/06/03/the-new-book-boymom-reimagines-boyhood-in-an-age-of-impossible-masculinity

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Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

Have you really, though? Or are you just confusing television/movies/the internet with real life (like most posters in this thread)?

Oh please. I listen to NPR while commuting. NPR is not, as you put it, “television/movies/internet.” Its journalism on the radio.

And NPR have had numerous pieces - even whole series - about how parents expect perfection from girls but these same parents all give boys a free-pass for everything; the parents just shrug their shoulders when boys misbehave and make lame excuses like “boys will be boys.”

Everything in America is so completely biased against girls!

I am all for believing this, but I really haven't seen this in real life. Can you link to the piece?

Also, how old are the kids we are talking about here? And what is meant by "perfection?"

thought I had it Among favorites; couldn’t locate the npr but this is just one of the works of journalism they reviewed

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/06/03/the-new-book-boymom-reimagines-boyhood-in-an-age-of-impossible-masculinity

I thought you were joking. No, actually, hearing something on NPR isn’t the same as seeing it in real life.

YOU have not seen a huge double standard.

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Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

Have you really, though? Or are you just confusing television/movies/the internet with real life (like most posters in this thread)?

Oh please. I listen to NPR while commuting. NPR is not, as you put it, “television/movies/internet.” Its journalism on the radio.

And NPR have had numerous pieces - even whole series - about how parents expect perfection from girls but these same parents all give boys a free-pass for everything; the parents just shrug their shoulders when boys misbehave and make lame excuses like “boys will be boys.”

Everything in America is so completely biased against girls!

I am all for believing this, but I really haven't seen this in real life. Can you link to the piece?

Also, how old are the kids we are talking about here? And what is meant by "perfection?"

thought I had it Among favorites; couldn’t locate the npr but this is just one of the works of journalism they reviewed

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/06/03/the-new-book-boymom-reimagines-boyhood-in-an-age-of-impossible-masculinity

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Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

Have you really, though? Or are you just confusing television/movies/the internet with real life (like most posters in this thread)?

Oh please. I listen to NPR while commuting. NPR is not, as you put it, “television/movies/internet.” Its journalism on the radio.

And NPR have had numerous pieces - even whole series - about how parents expect perfection from girls but these same parents all give boys a free-pass for everything; the parents just shrug their shoulders when boys misbehave and make lame excuses like “boys will be boys.”

Everything in America is so completely biased against girls!

"Boys will be boys" is lame and wrong when you are talking about teenage boys and sexual abuse. But its pretty apt when you are looking at a bunch of six year olds on a playground. Girls' brain development happens earlier and they mature more quickly than boys, so six year old boys look completely moronic compared to the same age girls.

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Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

Have you really, though? Or are you just confusing television/movies/the internet with real life (like most posters in this thread)?

Oh please. I listen to NPR while commuting. NPR is not, as you put it, “television/movies/internet.” Its journalism on the radio.

And NPR have had numerous pieces - even whole series - about how parents expect perfection from girls but these same parents all give boys a free-pass for everything; the parents just shrug their shoulders when boys misbehave and make lame excuses like “boys will be boys.”

Everything in America is so completely biased against girls!

I am all for believing this, but I really haven't seen this in real life. Can you link to the piece?

Also, how old are the kids we are talking about here? And what is meant by "perfection?"

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Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

Have you really, though? Or are you just confusing television/movies/the internet with real life (like most posters in this thread)?

Oh please. I listen to NPR while commuting. NPR is not, as you put it, “television/movies/internet.” Its journalism on the radio.

And NPR have had numerous pieces - even whole series - about how parents expect perfection from girls but these same parents all give boys a free-pass for everything; the parents just shrug their shoulders when boys misbehave and make lame excuses like “boys will be boys.”

Everything in America is so completely biased against girls!

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Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

Have you really, though? Or are you just confusing television/movies/the internet with real life (like most posters in this thread)?

Oh please. I listen to NPR while commuting. NPR is not, as you put it, “television/movies/internet.” Its journalism on the radio.

And NPR have had numerous pieces - even whole series - about how parents expect perfection from girls but these same parents all give boys a free-pass for everything; the parents just shrug their shoulders when boys misbehave and make lame excuses like “boys will be boys.”

Everything in America is so completely biased against girls!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

Have you really, though? Or are you just confusing television/movies/the internet with real life (like most posters in this thread)?

Oh please. I listen to NPR while commuting. NPR is not, as you put it, “television/movies/internet.” Its journalism on the radio.

And NPR have had numerous pieces - even whole series - about how parents expect perfection from girls but these same parents all give boys a free-pass for everything; the parents just shrug their shoulders when boys misbehave and make lame excuses like “boys will be boys.”

Everything in America is so completely biased against girls!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

Have you really, though? Or are you just confusing television/movies/the internet with real life (like most posters in this thread)?

Anonymous wrote:I have only boys and to top it off they are not athletic. No dance classes and also no sports equipment filling my garage.What should I call myself? Nerd-mom?

Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

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Anonymous wrote:These boymoms are largely responsible for most of the misogyny in the U.S. at present.

Yes! I have seen such a huge double standard amongst most people when it comes to raising their boys and girls. These parents expect the world from girls but keep giving their boys a free pass for everything. Basically shrugging their shoulders and saying “boys will be boys”. Can’t stand that phrase. Discipline your boys, make them work hard, teach them manners and how to focus and stop giving in to every demand of theirs.

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Anonymous wrote:there is sometimes a tinge of smug girl bashing in it - like glad to be a mom to only boys and not deal with girls drama

I've heard it from a number of moms of only boys over the years and never heard it in the reverse w/ only girls

There should be a reverse.

“Just cleaned my bathroom without having to clean pee off the wall. #girlmom.”

I have 2 boys, and never cleaned pee off the wall. The bathroom my daughter uses, yikes. Hair, toothpaste, "skin care" products everywhere, wet towels, lip balms, just shit everywhere. My boys brush their teeth and go.

Who buys the skincare? My tween & teen share a bathroom and it's clean. they each have a drawer for their stuff and they use it.

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Anonymous wrote:there is sometimes a tinge of smug girl bashing in it - like glad to be a mom to only boys and not deal with girls drama

I've heard it from a number of moms of only boys over the years and never heard it in the reverse w/ only girls

There should be a reverse.

“Just cleaned my bathroom without having to clean pee off the wall. #girlmom.”

I have 2 boys, and never cleaned pee off the wall. The bathroom my daughter uses, yikes. Hair, toothpaste, "skin care" products everywhere, wet towels, lip balms, just shit everywhere. My boys brush their teeth and go.