Here is a great CBC Jian Ghomeshi debate about Mothers I’d Like to F* (MILF). It saddens me that some try to cast it as a compliment when it simply reinforces the age-old idea that women are only valuable when deemed so by men. Apparently if you watch pornography (which I recommend if you really want to get […]
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I have been reading the Huffington Post articles on women breaking up with women. It breaks my heart. The problem is universal for women in this generation and needs to be surfaced to stop all this long-lasting pain. My research on girls shows that we never teach our daughters how to tell the truth in a compassionate way. Indeed we promote
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Wow, I wish I had thought of it myself. Go to Indiegogo (crowd sourcing) and donate to a great idea. www.indiegogo.com/projects/app-camp-for-girls
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I saw two teens girls in a public bathroom the other day. One said to the other, “Do you think this hoody is sexy?” I looked up from my handwashing to see a girl about 13 yeras old looking in the mirror at her grey, worn out, oversized hoody. It draped down to her knees. I am fairly sure that these
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Girls Action Foundation just published a report showing that Canadian girls still grapple with self-harm, violence, harassment and negative body image. Apparently teen girls are using more drugs and alcohol than they have in the past decade. Girls aged 10-14 are 14 times more likley than boys to end up in hospital for trying to commit suicide.
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Bewteen 1969 and 2006 about 40 women (low estimate) have been murderd or disappeared on three northern BC highways. Given the low population in these communities it seems very odd that the police (RCMP) have not found a culprit. Not one. So its no surprise when last week Human Rights Watch – an international organisation – wrote a report suggesting
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Recent research shows that fathers who do not wash dishes or do laundry tend to raise “girlie girls.” (their words not mine). UBC psychologist Toni Schmader found that girls with fathers with more egalitarian attitudes about child care, cooking and cleaning are more likely to grow up and work outside the home (for pay) and not aspire
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It just shows how far women have to go. A year ago a 16 year old Moroccan girl was forced to marry a man who raped her. Jut recently the government of Morocco decided to change the law so women could not be forced into marriage. This traditional practice is still found across the Middle East, sadly. [Source:
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Here are my top 7: Girl-Parenting Books by Maureen F. Fitzgerald, Phd (www.maureenfitzgerald.com) (November 2012) 1. Debold, Elizabeth, Marie Wilson and Idelisse Malave “Mother-Daughter Revolution-From good girls to great women. (NY: Bantam, 1993) 2. Deak, JoAnn “Girls will Be Girls-Raising confident and courageous daughters” (NY: Hyperion, 2002). 3. Elium, Jeanne & Don Elium. “Raising a
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I just read about how a teacher in Cairo cut a young girls hair in the “protection of Islam.” I have been to Egypt, travelling only with my friend Missy. It’s an advanced country. Or so we think. When will this stop?
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