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Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

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Re: Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

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Post by CydeWeys »

home_boi wrote: post #8

IIRC, Boy's Life magazine is run by a boy scout organization while Girl's Life is run by a corporation chasing for the most eyeballs possible.

It's mentioned in the article. Boy's Life actually has a noble mission behind it, whereas Girl's Life is for-profit trash (essentially). The parallelism between the names of the two is an unfortunate coincidence. Near as I can tell the Girl Scouts don't have a magazine, but if they did, it would be a better comparison against Boy's Life. Maybe they should publish one?

Re: Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

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Post by Spooky23 »

The problem is that with all of the bullshit aside, they need to sell the magazine to some dwindling population still buying them.

The "heartwarming", positive cover is indeed heartwarming and a good message, but is also pretty lame, and unlikely to sell magazines.

I also question whether this is typical shallow/ignorant internet outrage. When I was a kid, Boy'a Life was a Boy Scouts magazine, and had annual themes that appeared every year at the same time. If you looked at the May/June cover, the annual Boy Scout Jamboree issue wouldn't be as "internet offensive".

Re: Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

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Post by Diamons »

CydeWeys wrote: post #9
Chronic9q wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He is saying you cannot change gender norms. If you try, you will fail in your own life.

That's also not making sense to me. Women clearly are capable of being scientists, so what's wrong with criticizing magazines that only talk about beauty tips? And why would that necessarily lead to "failing in your own life"? It obviously doesn't. Look at, e.g., Sheryl Sandberg.

And for every Sheryl Sandberg there's 10 men. Being the exception != being the norm.

Re: Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

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Post by UnoriginalGuy »

CydeWeys wrote: post #11
home_boi wrote: post #8

IIRC, Boy's Life magazine is run by a boy scout organization while Girl's Life is run by a corporation chasing for the most eyeballs possible.

It's mentioned in the article. Boy's Life actually has a noble mission behind it, whereas Girl's Life is for-profit trash (essentially). The parallelism between the names of the two is an unfortunate coincidence. Near as I can tell the Girl Scouts don't have a magazine, but if they did, it would be a better comparison against Boy's Life. Maybe they should publish one?

As an aside, The Girl Scouts is a really fantastic organisation. In particular compared to The Boy Scouts in the US (which is much more religiously affiliated and discriminates against gay people; The Girl Scouts by contrast are trans-inclusive).

Re: Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

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Post by [deleted] »

informatimago wrote: post #2

Once for all you'll have to understand that without a good distribution of roles (girls must grow to be moms making and educating babies; boys must grow to be warriors (including scientists, explorers, farmers, etc) to defend women and children against invaders of all kinds, then you won't live happy old days, because you'll be invaded, raped and dead by then. The uproar should be against that uproar!

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Re: Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

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Post by CydeWeys »

Diamons wrote: post #13
CydeWeys wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's also not making sense to me. Women clearly are capable of being scientists, so what's wrong with criticizing magazines that only talk about beauty tips? And why would that necessarily lead to "failing in your own life"? It obviously doesn't. Look at, e.g., Sheryl Sandberg.

And for every Sheryl Sandberg there's 10 men. Being the exception != being the norm.

That's not the ratio of men to women in the tech industry, and said ratio is not caused by competency discrepancies. It's actually partially caused by exactly this kind of sexist drivel that you're spouting; who would want to enter an industry that is so unwelcoming?

Why is there so much sexist trash in the HN comments today?

Re: Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

#18

Post by CydeWeys »

joefife wrote: post #6
krastanov wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pardon me, I guess this is sarcasm, but I do not get the reference/joke.

Me neither - I just assumed it was one of the MGTOW crazies.

The comments here are super-disappointing.

Re: Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

#19

Post by Diamons »

CydeWeys wrote: post #17
Diamons wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And for every Sheryl Sandberg there's 10 men. Being the exception != being the norm.

That's not the ratio of men to women in the tech industry, and said ratio is not caused by competency discrepancies. It's actually partially caused by exactly this kind of sexist drivel that you're spouting; who would want to enter an industry that is so unwelcoming? Why is there so much sexist trash in the HN comments today?

Just because you disagree with an opinion does not make it sexism. If anything it exaggerates your own self prescribed ignorance.

Re: Girls' Life vs. Boys' Life? Magazine Cover Sparks Uproar

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Post by krastanov »

CydeWeys wrote: post #18
joefife wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Me neither - I just assumed it was one of the MGTOW crazies.

The comments here are super-disappointing.

Actually, I sincerely thought that the original comment was trying to make a progressive point veiled in so much sarcasm as to make it difficult to understand. I guess I was too naive... And they were simply making a disturbingly sexist comment...
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