A friend of mine, Jason Schultz, took this picture of this sign being sold in a toy store:
Jason suggested that it re-affirmed the notion that men and women are inherently at odds in a zero sum game
It is certainly androcentric in that it suggests that, in this case, girls should be proud of what they do insofar as they do what men have “traditionally” done.
And, to tie these two thoughts together, that girls should be proud when they take away what is “traditionally” men’s.
What do we really think about “girl power”?
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weliveunderrocks — April 3, 2009
I know I am kind of late to this post, but… I actually read it as: "The real danger is when women do the work" (as in 'actual' work, i.e. construction or other traditionally male domain work). – So for me it's no really about women challenging these domains, but rather an oh-so-funny joke about how the ladies are just not up to it. So, girl power = incompetent + destructive = danger?