Whitney Darrow, Jr. published, “I’m glad I’m a boy. I’m glad I’m a girl”, in 1970. Viewed to be one of the most sexist books ever printed.
Darrow never stated his intentions with this book but some would like to think he was kidding while others fully agree with what was written.
Regardless of the intention, many children read this book growing up.
Reality Decoded 
Patriarchal propaganda.
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You can see the programming that was tolerated back then.
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Before women rights
Or equel rights… as it were
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That was the age of weak men. So scared of women they wrote books to try and program them to avoid competition in the workplace.
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I don’t believe it was “weak” men. I think it was “strong” men that didn’t want to give up any of that strength.
They were “stagnate” thinking men, *I can’t even say backward thinking* – but obviously NOT forward thinking, because that would mean giving up that power.
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The reason I say weak is because they were fearful. I saw it in the military. Civilian men would make comments about military women because the women scared them.
An adult male so intimidated by women that he tried to tell children what they can be when they grow up lol.
If that’s no weakness then what is it, bravery?
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Well, if I have to read a Darrow, I prefer Clarence ”Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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I’ve never read it but from what I can tell he has his own strong moral code.
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People with strong moral codes make my spider sense tingle.
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He says “The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything”
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Interesting point of view he had. Begs the question: Which one was he?
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I think the first quote would be evidence he could at least pretend. He also said (and I paraphrase) “I will not pretend to believe what ignorant men claim to know”. Something like that. He was agnostic.
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Strange paradox: We live in a world surrounded on all sides by people with greater than thou opinions of themselves but at the same time they need us to listen to them.
All I need is pizza and wine.
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Happy to see you don’t meet that standard.
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I’m lucky like that Jim I have people near by who remind me I’m not as smart as I think I am.
That poor bastard thought he was important. There was no one calling him out on his bullshit.
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I saw this today and I thought of your blog.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/23/conspiracy-theories-internet-survivors-truth?
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Wow that is a powerful post! Thanks!
I have a friend at work who thinks the Sandy Hook shooting was fake. Very strange world.
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I have a relative that believes this crap. One of her friends crank-called her with one of those phone apps, told her she is under investigation for viewing top secret information on the internet. That she’d violated federal secrecy acts and listed law codes. It was funny, but a disaster. She had a nervous breakdown and was off work 6 months. She still thinks she knows too much and the government is un…watching. Alex jones was one of her trusted sources. Lol. Sad
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I have a conspiracy theory:
I think Alex Jones is an actor performing his way to millionaire status.
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Incredible images. Thanks for sharing!!
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What kind of person applies effort to limit the dreams of others, it’s sick.
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I did knew anything about this book and i want to learn more!
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Knowledge is power.
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I totally agree with you!!
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Any women out there wanna work in the sewer?
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449512/Pays-OK-hours-stink-Meet-Britains-female-SEWAGE-apprentices.html
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Hell yeah, too bad they are under represented though in that field. Maybe if more women were willing to break the glass ceiling in the sewage industry.
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There are most likely plenty of women working in sewers because it pays money and they need to eat.
How much press is on it we don’t know but I did a search and there were many women in sewer gear working.
There were also a number of women living in the sewers (strange).
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People are people.
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Ooops… More weak men: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/agency-man-world-women-sewer-workers-sue-dep-unfair-treatment-article-1.418539
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Sigh, of well. Maybe if a woman started he own sewage company, women wouldn’t have to worry then.
I guess these ladies will just have to continue to be strap hangers.
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They will most likely get past those few men in the upcoming years. As automation pushes the workforce out of secretarial jobs.
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I just don’t buy into the whole girls V.S. boys thing that everyone seems too happy to join in on. Either we all all together, or we all fall apart.
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Agreed. The argument of roles for boys and girls is old and outdated. I’m with you, just let them be what they want to be. Idiots like this guy trying to force people down a path is creating a division of them vs us.
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Is that what he set out to do, or is it being presented as that by SJWs? Does the author get a say?
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You asked — “Is that what he set out to do, or is it being presented as that by SJWs? Does the author get a say?”
My response — I would say that the author absolutely gets a say since it’s his book.
And in his book he doesn’t say anything to contrast what is written. I would say the entire book is the authors voice and message to those who read it.
The book was released to children for reading. He got his voice to his target audience with his message.
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I guess the follow up question would then be…did he have malice in his heart when he wrote it or did he write what he truly felt was accurate? Did he write it to keep people oppressed or did he write what he observed?
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I’m not sure why malice would be thought, he simply has a belief that women are happier cleaning, serving, etc.
My understanding of this type of belief is rooted in fear, not malice.
We saw this clearly in the movie “Hidden Figures”. So many fears of what women could do and the fear of being replaced by them in the work place.
The men didn’t want them harmed lol, just back in the kitchen.
Like I said before, weak men. The stronger men had no issues with women working in NASA they just wanted results by the end of each day from everyone.
https://trakt.tv/movies/hidden-figures-2016
Word to the wise: It really only made them even stronger 😉
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“My understanding of this type of belief is rooted in fear, not malice.” Exactly, that is your interpretation.
The movie “Hidden Figures” was dramatized historical entertainment. Don’t believe everything you watch.
Exactly Lander, in your opinion it’s “weaker men”, and that’s fine. I just don’t understand your desire to be prejudice or pre-judge these people you have never met and don’t truly know. So, you generalize them, it’s fine, a normal reaction.
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You stated — ” in your opinion it’s “weaker men”, and that’s fine. I just don’t understand your desire to be prejudice or pre-judge these people”
My response — That’s fair, I never try to manage people’s perception of me but I do on occasion attempt to clarify my position.
Let’s take this line from his book:
“Boys invent things, Girls use what boys invent”
I think he is weak for voicing that opinion to children.
I would have thought him to be strong if he had voiced it to the teachers union or taken out an op-ed to adults in a major news paper.
When he said, “Boys are presidents and Girls are first ladies”, I would have given him more respect if he had said it to female politicians rather than to children.
So I don’t mind the label you are giving me, I just wanted to clarify how I earned it.
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No.
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I don’t know why, but I found it amusing. I don’t think it’s bigoted, or trying to limit the dreams of others, just showing what boys and girls were probably like back then.
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You stated — “I don’t know why, but I found it amusing.”
My response — That’s normal. Everyone I showed it to found it amusing. I had a huge laugh when I first saw it, to be honest I still do.
It’s like watching cave men try to make a fire. It was really just pathetic.
Who was that small man to tell God what his creation could or couldn’t do? LOL
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No, it was not what we were like “back then.” I would state is as what we were “told to like” back then, and you can bet we were told to like it. I had no desire to belittle girls, or hate women, females were the best thing in my world. Boys were bullies, or girl-haters, jocks and what have you. I was a lover, not a fighter. And I got beat up almost daily for telling my male friends that it was only a matter of time before they started feeling the way I did.
I’m not saying I was “libber,” though I did become one, I just appreciated girls for the differences that would eventually rule our lives. I guess you might call me an early bloomer. Yet, in time it did colour my thinking, and I had no problem with girls and women being my equal, sometimes being my better. We all have our strengths and weaknesses, no matter our sex or gender. We are just people, and the sooner we admit it, the better life will be, for all. The same goes for all those things that people allow to divide us. We are one species, trying to life peacefully with every other species, all of us joined in life, and being alive.
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Agreed
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The book isn’t trying to belittle women. It’s just funny. And boys and girls naturally gravitate to different jobs. I’m not saying girls can’t become pilots or doctors and such. They can if they want to. But you normally see girls as stewardesses and nurses and stuff like that.
Girls and boys can do what they want. But the book isn’t trying to ‘belittle’ anyone.
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Just curious, if you are a little girl reading the book… from that perspective, (What is the book doing?)
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???
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You stated — “???”
My retry :: If a young girl is susceptible to suggestion, (like most children are), and she reads this book…. What does it tell her?
You stated — “The book isn’t trying to belittle women.”
My response — I believe you but it begs the question: What is the book trying to do?
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Not at all funny. Maybe your older than me. Maybe my sense of humour is different from yours. Who knows, but we look at the world differently. So it goes.
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I wasn’t trying to be funny.
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Neither was I.
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Dear Lander, I do not know why everyone’s name come up as totally capitalized, but if you can change that, I would appreciate it. My name is rawgod, no capitals anywhere. It sickens me to see it with even one capital, let alone six. It is printed properly before the comment is published, I do wish it would not change.
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It shows as lower case on my side.
Sounds like another WordPress weird feature.
Is it one of those religious cap things? Someone tried to explain it to me when I was putting god in lower case but I still don’t get it.
I don’t believe caps have any meaning.
I will look in the WP console and change it if possible.
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No problem, but this is the only blog I have seen so far that puts all handles in capitals. For myself I removed my spelchek and anticipatory lettering and words, because I got sick of dealing with having to read over my blogs and comments to ensure what I was reading was what I was meaning. It became a real problem when my statement, “I don’t know” came out as “I do no nothing” or something crazy like that.
Anyways, thank you for listening to my concern. I am being a bit obnoxious about it, but probably e e cummings would feel the same way. rawgod .
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I checked all the settings and there is no option to change that theme feature.
I opened a forum request so if a programmer has a short tag or CSS edit I will try it.
I don’t mind changing it since caps doesn’t have any meaning to me.
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Thank you very much. If you want to delete this thread, no problem. It’s just “housekeeping,” after all.
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You never know where it will go. Let’s let the thread continue to exist.
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Okay.
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I see nothing sexist with this. Nowadays not always 100% true, but still…
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Except possible the men invent things part. Women invented binary… the thing that most men use.
So it is either sexist or it is lying.
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I think it’s amusing.
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WOW! I remember learning (being programmed) that sh*t! Even when my best friend (a boy) became a nurse I was stunned!
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