And everyone should know about Lynn Nottage winning for the breathtaking play, RUINED: "Awarded to “Ruined,” by Lynn Nottage, a searing drama set in chaotic Congo that compels audiences to face the horror of wartime rape and brutality while still (posted to Read All About It! Pulitzers Announced)
There's more information and a fairly interesting discussion about it here: http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/04/02/boys-fix-things-girls-need-things-fixed/ It was published around 1969 and it's unclear whether or not it was written as satire. The problem is that it was not RECEIVED as satire. From the (posted to Vintage Sexism: I'm Glad I'm a Boy! I'm Glad I'm a Girl!)
Sorry, but it didn't look like satire to me. It looked like this was written by somebody who had REALLY NARROW views on gender - and, it was purchased by School Boards that had equally as narrow views, and used (posted to Vintage Sexism: I'm Glad I'm a Boy! I'm Glad I'm a Girl!)
Um, Brian... it's kinda clear that the guy who wrote this book (and the school districts that paid for it and put it in the curriculum) believe that men and women have different roles AND THAT FEMALE ROLES ARE SUBORDINATE (posted to Vintage Sexism: I'm Glad I'm a Boy! I'm Glad I'm a Girl!)
Gopher 1. Fathers not doing their fair share of housework and childcare IS discriminatory. 2. My father never sat in front of the TV after work doing nothing. He worked 10 hours a day in the photo retouching lab he (posted to Vintage Sexism: I'm Glad I'm a Boy! I'm Glad I'm a Girl!)
