Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Sexism and my 4 year old daughter.


I don’t know why it’s affecting me so much right now, but I want to scream. Or Cry. I’ve been eyeing this awesome Mini Ninja Warrior class at a local gymnastics/tumbling/indoor gym area for my high energy 4 year old daughter, because it’s a good energy burner for kids. My husband deploys in January so it would certainly be a class I’d love for her to attend weekly to break up our afternoons (I also have a six month old daughter). It also looks like the kind of fun she would love.I called today to enroll her, and was told I couldn’t because she’s a girl. And it’s a boys only class. I was then suggested the tumbling or gymnastics class for her. (Which I politely declined)So often in my own life I’ve had roadblocks in participating in things because I’m a woman. And I don’t see how they perform these classes with their genitals.I’m just angry right now. I was considering writing a letter to the owner displaying my concerns for this kind of sexism, but am unsure what would be good phrases to use. Any thoughts? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2qUSjix

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