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Feminists

fleur-de-lisa

(14,664 posts) Thu Mar 8, 2018, 12:41 PM Mar 2018

"Raise your daughters to believe beautiful princesses are saved by getting a solid education . . ."

Alt Fed Employee @Alt_FedEmployee 8:51 AM - Mar 8, 2018

Raise your daughters to believe beautiful princesses are saved by getting a solid education and a kickass career. The prince is just invited along for the ride.#InternationalWomensDay

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"Raise your daughters to believe beautiful princesses are saved by getting a solid education . . ." (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Mar 2018 OP

On that score, I have done my job. CentralMass Mar 2018 #1

Me too! fleur-de-lisa Mar 2018 #2

+1 CentralMass Mar 2018 #3

Awesome sauce!!! SummerSnow Mar 2018 #4

Or, Glamrock Mar 2018 #5

CentralMass

(15,539 posts)

1. On that score, I have done my job.

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Thu Mar 8, 2018, 12:47 PM

Mar 2018

fleur-de-lisa

(14,664 posts)

2. Me too!

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 8, 2018, 12:47 PM

Mar 2018

CentralMass

(15,539 posts)

3. +1

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 8, 2018, 12:48 PM

Mar 2018

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

4. Awesome sauce!!!

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Thu Mar 8, 2018, 12:50 PM

Mar 2018

Glamrock

(11,994 posts)

5. Or,

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Thu Mar 8, 2018, 12:56 PM

Mar 2018

How about there are no princesses or princes? How about "you're only special to your parents (if you're lucky) and you're going to have to bust your ass to get where you want to be." Hard enough for women to be treated equally and based on their abilities without filling their heads with inane bullshit.

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