tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087764590265443167.post3331928562595838813..comments2023-05-31T04:45:00.313-07:00Comments on Winskillfull Explains It All: Lacking a Y-Chromosome Doesn't Mean Lacking IntelligenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087764590265443167.post-37094022318366583362010-05-27T15:23:59.842-07:002010-05-27T15:23:59.842-07:00Hmm, tempting to delete that comment as it's s...Hmm, tempting to delete that comment as it's such an obvious self-promotion, but instead I'll address the one section of the comment that's relevant.<br /><br />"It's so important to draw attention to reading, and attract reluctant readers to it, especially boys."<br />-- True, and I never said otherwise. What I said was that separating books into "boy" books and "girl" books by overtly packaging/publishing them as such (Dangerous Book FOR BOYS, Things FOR BOYS To Make And DO etc)is an artifical division. Boys and girls aren't naturally attracted to different stuff because they're a boy or a girl; different people enjoy different things, that's the long and short of it. And if a boy or girl likes something that society tells them isn't "normal" (a boy liking horses, a girl liking football, a boy preferring pink, a girl preferring blue and so on) then just seeing books that reinforce this social message will just drive them further away from reading and make them feel odder than ever.<br /><br />An individual book can't be all things to everyone - but as a whole we can have books that feature girls playing football, and boys in pony clubs, and that is more likely to draw in reluctant readers than having just book after book after book that stays stuck in these rigid, outdated stereotypes.Winskillfullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416819231268815126noreply@blogger.com