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Catherina

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11. Incredibly

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #9)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 06:38 PM

Jun 2012

I'm so grateful to my parents for not having imposed these gender guidelines on us.

I don't have kids so I don't keep up with this but I'm shocked this is happening in 2012. I thought we were past this.

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Scholastic Gives Boys ‘Survival’ Tips and Girls ‘Girly’ Tips [View all] Ian David Jun 2012 OP

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Scholastic has always had a right-wing bias. Ian David Jun 2012 #2

My daughter's read some of their books exboyfil Jun 2012 #5

When did we time warp back into the 50s? lookingfortruth Jun 2012 #3

This infuriates me Catherina Jun 2012 #4

They already removed the books from the market in response to the outrage. Ian David Jun 2012 #8

Good. Catherina Jun 2012 #10

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That'd be a short book. laconicsax Jun 2012 #12

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Ooohh. I loved the English language version. Zorra Jun 2012 #13

Check out the Swedish movies. longship Jun 2012 #14

Thanks, I surely will. Zorra Jun 2012 #16

"Tips on getting your cat to sit down" - hey I need those! MH1 Jun 2012 #7

Lame. Warren DeMontague Jun 2012 #9

Incredibly Catherina Jun 2012 #11

Today, with no thanks to jerks like Scholastic Catherina Jun 2012 #17