Comments on: The girl’s guide to hunting and fishing http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:57:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: matttbastard http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-568 matttbastard Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:04:16 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-568 <blockquote> "We're always tried to be innovative. This is a pilot project, we've never run it before," said Dauphinee. <b>"They decided they would try just girls things for the girls and just boys things for the boys and see how it worked."</b></blockquote> *headdesk* I had to check the date on that article to make sure it hadn't appeared as a result of a rip in the time/space continuum. Yep, 2007. Good fucking God.

“We’re always tried to be innovative. This is a pilot project, we’ve never run it before,” said Dauphinee. “They decided they would try just girls things for the girls and just boys things for the boys and see how it worked.”

*headdesk* I had to check the date on that article to make sure it hadn’t appeared as a result of a rip in the time/space continuum.

Yep, 2007. Good fucking God.

]]> By: skippy http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-551 skippy Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:36:20 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-551 i wouldn't be surprised if lydia is a much better fisherman (fisherwoman? fisherperson) than a lot of the boys. i wouldn’t be surprised if lydia is a much better fisherman (fisherwoman? fisherperson) than a lot of the boys.

]]> By: Roy http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-550 Roy Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:17:41 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-550 <b>Oh, no! It’s not at all discriminatory for a municipality to officially enforce gender conformity.</b> I love the way that politicians have this strange habit of saying "right" when they actually mean "left" or "not discriminatory" when they really mean "completely discriminatory". Weird how that works. Oh, no! It’s not at all discriminatory for a municipality to officially enforce gender conformity.

I love the way that politicians have this strange habit of saying “right” when they actually mean “left” or “not discriminatory” when they really mean “completely discriminatory”. Weird how that works.

]]> By: ellenbrenna http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-548 ellenbrenna Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:53:34 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-548 Even if they are going sportfishing, sportfishing does teach you observation, patience and perservence whereas daytripping to a spa teaches you consumerism and narcissism. One builds character the other does not. Even if they are going sportfishing, sportfishing does teach you observation, patience and perservence whereas daytripping to a spa teaches you consumerism and narcissism.

One builds character the other does not.

]]> By: Sarah O http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-538 Sarah O Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:06:08 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-538 It is just too strange seeing this story getting picked up by my favourite (American, feminist) blogs, considering I read the article in my local newspaper a few days ago (seriously, we never get press coverage in the U.S, except for the time Martha Stewart was going to attend the giant pumpkin regatta but her Visa wasn't granted)! To answer your question, I am sure these boys are going out trout fishing, for fun, possibly/probably in some of the lakes in the county that are stocked (It's hard to get into the lobster business these days unless you have $250,000-$500,000 for a license and $200,000 for a boat). So, completely frivolous sportfishing. Also, I am weirded out by the thought of 5-year-olds getting professional pedicures. It is just too strange seeing this story getting picked up by my favourite (American, feminist) blogs, considering I read the article in my local newspaper a few days ago (seriously, we never get press coverage in the U.S, except for the time Martha Stewart was going to attend the giant pumpkin regatta but her Visa wasn’t granted)!

To answer your question, I am sure these boys are going out trout fishing, for fun, possibly/probably in some of the lakes in the county that are stocked (It’s hard to get into the lobster business these days unless you have $250,000-$500,000 for a license and $200,000 for a boat). So, completely frivolous sportfishing.

Also, I am weirded out by the thought of 5-year-olds getting professional pedicures.

]]> By: Zuzu http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-534 Zuzu Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:44:46 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-534 My day camp was co-ed, but we broke into same-gender groups. Kat and I were in the same group, and our counselor let us into her makeup bag (we didn't have a whole lot to do in day camp, since we just sort of hung out in our town's small park). It was the 70s, and she had frosted green eyeshadow in a tube, which we all used like lip gloss. Picture a bunch of 7- and 8- year-old girls with green lips. We did team up with a boys' group to build a go-kart for the go-kart races at the end of the session, and our counselor provided a Mercedes hood ornament her boyfriend had stolen off a car somewhere. I'm sure she wouldn't be able to work as a camp counselor today. But that was one of the great things about the 70s. My day camp was co-ed, but we broke into same-gender groups. Kat and I were in the same group, and our counselor let us into her makeup bag (we didn’t have a whole lot to do in day camp, since we just sort of hung out in our town’s small park). It was the 70s, and she had frosted green eyeshadow in a tube, which we all used like lip gloss.

Picture a bunch of 7- and 8- year-old girls with green lips.

We did team up with a boys’ group to build a go-kart for the go-kart races at the end of the session, and our counselor provided a Mercedes hood ornament her boyfriend had stolen off a car somewhere.

I’m sure she wouldn’t be able to work as a camp counselor today. But that was one of the great things about the 70s.

]]> By: Mnemosyne http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-533 Mnemosyne Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:51:10 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-533 Why on earth do they even have sex-segregated day camps at that age? I could see it causing fewer problems if, say, the 14-18 crowd was separated, but what on earth is the rationale for doing it to the 8-12 kids? Myself, I only went to mixed-gender camps, both day and sleepaway. Of course, this was in the 1970s when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_to_Be…_You_and_Me" rel="nofollow">"Free to Be You and Me"</a> was a useful teaching tool and not horrible propaganda produced by dirty fucking hippies like Marlo Thomas. Why on earth do they even have sex-segregated day camps at that age? I could see it causing fewer problems if, say, the 14-18 crowd was separated, but what on earth is the rationale for doing it to the 8-12 kids?

Myself, I only went to mixed-gender camps, both day and sleepaway. Of course, this was in the 1970s when “Free to Be You and Me” was a useful teaching tool and not horrible propaganda produced by dirty fucking hippies like Marlo Thomas.

]]> By: aeroman http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-530 aeroman Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:12:38 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-530 Spiral Scouts looks like it's still atheist-hostile. Spiral Scouts looks like it’s still atheist-hostile.

]]> By: Ailei http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-528 Ailei Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:50:13 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/08/12/the-girls-guide-to-hunting-and-fishing/#comment-528 This is why I'm so interested in <a href="http://www.spiralscouts.org/metadot/index.pl" rel="nofollow">Spiral Scouts</a> for my kids, even though it seems to take an act of Goddess to get one started here in Austin. There's no gender-separated activity, but rather boys and girls learn to work together on a team toward common goals. Just like, you know, in real life. I was always more the fishing, grubby kneed, bookworm myself as a kid. This is why I’m so interested in Spiral Scouts for my kids, even though it seems to take an act of Goddess to get one started here in Austin. There’s no gender-separated activity, but rather boys and girls learn to work together on a team toward common goals. Just like, you know, in real life. I was always more the fishing, grubby kneed, bookworm myself as a kid.

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