"Girl Power"

Celt

Does anyone else hate this and loathe the people who put it forward? ie: Spice Girls?

If anyone ever talked about "Boy Power" they would have women rights group etc. bs'ing at them about it being racist against women..

chernobyl

I dont really understand "Girl Power". i was under the impression that women are increasingly the dominant force.
i think the phrase "Girl Power" stereotypes all guys as pigs and i dont appreicate that.
Men are quickly been pushed out of the higher positions within compaines etc, women have no need to movtivate themselves, they are on the up an up already.

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Evil Phil

Expand on the WL. It has potential.

Shinji

Girl Power - an label for the system under which women to act in astonishingly rude and sexist ways, and then blame it all on the men.

Karl Hungus

I do think Shinji is right on this one...

It really is quite ridiculous...

TacT

Damn them scientists!

Celt

self empowerment = good
empowerment for only one sex = bad

What really annoys me though, is that if there was such a big deal about "boy power" ( ) women groups would come out and call it sexist and god knows what else.

Karl Hungus

You know, you might try and start up a "BOY-POWER" movement to see what happens WhiteLancer?

At least then you could should at these groups about equality not equaling **** if you can't have boy power when they have girl power...

amp

I think part of it was a re-invention of Femininism where women are actually allowed have fun. The sterotype of a feminist seems to be not exactly flattering.

But then again it could be just the feminine version of the Lad Culture.

Mostly though I think the thrust behind it was mere marketing spin to shift albums.

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Mills

As amp said, a female version of "lad culture", that sums it up prettymuch for me, I know quite a few women who'd fit the description, and I make every possible effort to steer clear or them.

Magwitch

Its so so sad. A ploy of clever marketing has become a standard for young female behaviour. Empowerment is about f*cking someone over, getting one up, in-your-face sassy and being well dressed.

"Girl Power" is empty headed rubbish on a par with "Medallion Man". Tragic to think that a generation of intelligent young girls will be convinced they can act loud and dumb and get what they want. At no time EVER has a popular movement in female culture and media advertising been so in sync. A dangerous thing.

Lucy_la_morte

'Girl Power' is very humiliating if you ask me. It's like something your school organises to seem all hip and cool, and fails miserably.

It was supposed to be a sign of the modern woman being able to stand up for herself, which is fine.. But it turned into a ridiculous childish saying not too long after. Now when I see those trendy slags in their 'Girl Power' tops, I cringe.

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GreenHell

Reminds me of a really bad cartoon line
"with the power of our femininism combined we have GIRL POWER"

I don't really give a damn about it and anyone who does would want to relax abit the phrase is at best and advertising ploy.

Talliesin

The primary difference between Feminism and Girl Power is that the purpose of Feminism is not to sell records.

Doc

Im a wight 21 year old male I so people can say what they like about me and I cant say a thing. Let me elaborate because that’s not very well explained I recently saw a T.V. programme with a black comedian on it he could make jokes about Wight people not being able to dance and all talking in high pitched squeaky voices. If I did something similar about black people I would be considered a raciest. Any woman can say to me "Oh your a man you wouldn’t understand" about anything (I get this a lot as most of my friends in England are girls) or "All men are pigs" or "you all just think with your di*ks". Women can also say a thing like digging the garden or painting the house is a mans job but you say anything is a mans job or worse still any thing is a woman’s job and you get your head bitten off.

No one really wants equality they always what to be better off.


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R. Daneel Olivaw

I've noticed on top of all that is said here is that marketing techniques have changed a lot. Take for example Smirnoff Ice, a sweet flavoured alcoholic drink. Any bar you go to, you'll have a tough time finding guys who drink it, because basically it's a girly drink, like Bacaradi Breezer, etc., . Most of the adverts however (if not all of them) try and show that it's "cool" for guys to drink it.

Same thing with the Bacardi Breezer ones; it's a girls drink, but again the cat is meant to be male ("out chasing birds again"), etc., . Very odd, I think.

Then you have the ad for some American beer (not Bud or Miller though) with a woman saying like "My boyfriend would like me like this" "My dad would like me like this" and so on. Total reversal of "roles" in the eyes of the marketing people.

The best thing to do in this new world I think therefore means to drink loads of beer, smoke a lot, be rude, abusive and sarcastic to every liberalistic left-winger and listen to Guns n Roses. It's the only way to reinstitute proper role models.

I mean, if I drank Smirnoff Ice or something, I'd have to kick my own ass.

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