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It WOULD be considered sexist if you put "boy" in place of "girl", RP. But that's because males and females have very different stations in life throughout the world. Boys already have the best opportunities that their respective countries have to offer (which isn't necessarily saying much for some countries, but still...). Girls don't. The Girl Effect isn't about putting boys down or giving girls a leg up over boys. It's about finally allowing the other half of the population to stop being disenfranchised, and finally giving them an opportunity to be active participants in the leadership and improvement of their communities (rather than just being obedient baby makers). These are opportunities that boys have ALWAYS had, even in the poorest of places. It's time to give girls a chance too.

And when the world finally recognizes that girls have just as much to offer their communities and countries as boys do, the planet's intellectual ability, talent, leadership skills, compassion, etc., will all basically double, because at last girls will have an opportunity to be USEFUL to their countries and communities on a large scale, and as leaders...rather than just having babies.

In short, it's not sexist when they use "girl" because GIRLS are the ones who are disenfranchised, devalued, and held down. Boys aren't...at least never to the extent that girls are.

It's a good idea, but I can't help but think if you switch "boy" for "girl" in this video it would be considered sexist.

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WOW that is sooo true. We woman based ourselves most of the time on what magazines say. What products, clothes and perfumes are out there to "please" ourselves and in most cases to please a man. It is very interesting how she points out that young people starts learning how to behave, and look towards society from advertisements and movies. She also mentioned that their fisical appereance, now a days, is mostly changed by computers, so as she said only 8 out of 13 million women acutallly look like a super m

WOW that is sooo true. We woman based ourselves most of the time on what magazines say. What products, clothes and perfumes are out there to "please" ourselves and in most cases to please a man. It is very interesting how she points out that young people starts learning how to behave, and look towards society from advertisements and movies. She also mentioned that their fisical appereance, now a days, is mostly changed by computers, so as she said only 8 out of 13 million women acutallly look like a super m