Thursday, taking my nieces and the boys I pick up to the library

[conuly]

Younger boy: I'm a boy, and when I grow up, I'll be a man.
Me: Yes, that's usually how it works.
YB: And when I'm a man, I'll say "YO, MAMA!"
Me: *sporfle*
Me: Well, I mean, you might do that, but that's really not very nice, sweetie.

*dying inside omg*

Comments

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

"Well, I mean, you might do that, but it'll make women laugh in your face and tell all their friends on Facebook what an asshole you are" would be closer to the truth.

Especially in these times, boys really need it made inescapably clear to them that sexism=hate, and sexist behavior will thus be interpreted as evidence of hate. Guys can piss and moan about this fact as much as they please, but that won't change it. Self-respecting women don't date Nazi scum (http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2017/02/10/daily-stormer-just-as-jews-belong-in-the-oven-so-women-deserve-to-be-slapped/), and one of the key identifiers for Nazi scum is their disrespect for women, so saying 'YO, MAMA" is more than just "not very nice" - it's a declaration of enmity.

[conuly]

Well, he's not yet four, so I didn't want to use any curse words. I figured "It's not nice" got the point across well enough. He'll be four next week. (Which reminds me, I promised to get him a present. I'm tempted to get him a book, but I'm actually going to get him a game or a toy. But something very small - I'm not paid enough to get him something pricey.)

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Ah, this is your little wildling, then? I guess not-quite-four is still young enough for such talk to be kind of cute. Happy birthday to him!