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posted by CoolHand on Sunday August 30 2015, @06:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the diversity dept.

In light of some past articles on diversity, SoylentNews: "How to Get Girls Into Coding" and SoylentNews: "Google to Release Diversity Data About its Workforce" This CNN article caught my attention.

Princess Free Zone offers empowering T-shirts with images such as dinosaurs, skateboards and soccer balls. "Kids should not have to be brave to wear the things they like," says founder Michele Yulo.

[...] "Girl clothes without the girly" is the mantra behind Girls Will Be, which includes longer shorts and T-shirts (no pink ones!) with images that seek to break gender stereotypes.

[...] The company buddingSTEM offers a line of girls' clothes celebrating girls' interests in science, engineering, technology and math.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/26/health/moms-girl-empowerment-clothing-parents/index.html?eref=edition

Please, browse the photos. They are full of lovely little girls, minus what I call the "silly frilly" stuff. You might even click some links, and find something fitting for the young lady in your life!

Some might complain that it's a very small start - but the longest journey begins with a single step. Each of these startups seems to be doing pretty much what I've called for - giving the girls what THEY want, rather then telling them what they should want.

One of my favorite T-shirts, seen on girls young and mature, http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=92703208


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:11AM (#229728)

    This submission feels like it is all about runaway trying to prove he's totally down with gender equality and the we should all take note that the damn dirty SJWs are forcing it down people's throats while he's just totally chill about the whole thing. Not frothy at all, just chill.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:17AM (#229729)

    Mothers make their daughters wear boys' clothes "with images such as dinosaurs, skateboards and soccer balls" to increase female penetration into "science, engineering, technology and math."

    Sexist women do not want gender equality. Sexist women want revenge against men.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:23AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:23AM (#229735)

      Not doing too well with the ladies?
      Do you need some freudian love too?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:43AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:43AM (#229739)

        If I had the chance
        I'd ask a woman to dance
        And I'd be dancing with myself

    • (Score: 2) by mojo chan on Monday August 31 2015, @09:15AM

      by mojo chan (266) on Monday August 31 2015, @09:15AM (#230063)

      Yeah, they are the ones being sexist, by failing to force their kids to wear Disney princess outfits.

      Those kids don't seem particularly upset at being made to wear "boy's" clothes. Perhaps it's just you that feels comfortable with those gender stereotypes, while young girls actually dinosaurs and machines and not just what you think they should look like.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:44AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 30 2015, @07:44AM (#229740) Journal
    I'm sorry, but I can't comprehend your pop psych references without the proper DSM-5 [dsm5.org] classifications. Please provide. Then we'll discuss treatment options for poor Runaway.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @08:42AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2015, @08:42AM (#229760)

      What pop psych references are you talking about?

  • (Score: 2) by cafebabe on Monday August 31 2015, @09:21PM

    by cafebabe (894) on Monday August 31 2015, @09:21PM (#230457) Journal

    This submission feels like it is all about runaway trying to prove he's totally down with gender equality

    It [soylentnews.org] isn't [soylentnews.org] working [soylentnews.org].

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