I was a bit concerened with the excess of "empowerment" being foisted upon very young girls such as my daughters in advertising and cartoons today. It might be an oversensitivity - but when I was having the kind of heart-to-heart a dad has with a 5 year old, I was explaining why I had to try so hard to exterminate the mice that are running wild in this century home. With all the serious reason she could muster, young Evelyn looked up at me and asked if we could just kill the boy mice..not the girls..I thought about parental responsibility in the mouse world - and gently replied that yes, I would be happy to start by killing just the boys. Mind you, if I had a son - and he said the same thing, I'd have him in therapy.
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