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Re: I just happened to catch an episode of Leave It To Beaver. It's not a show I watched when I was younger.
In this episode a new girl at school was attracted to Beaver. She was referred as a creepy goon by other classmates including the Beaver. This new girl liked Beaver and asked if they could walk together to class and have lunch. Beaver turned her down rather rudely. The new girl was neither creepy or a goon. She was attractive, sweet and friendly. [And so forth]
This was wholesome family entertainment in the 50's? WTF?!
Wow! I did watch that show as a child, with the cute Wally and The Beave, with the latter repeatedly doing stupid things to get both of them into trouble, with his older brother sometimes bailing him out, as big brothers are wont to do.
But I'm horrified that that sort of clearly misogynistic thing would be broadcast, back when probably three-quarters of American TVs were tuned to it. And I'm embarrassed to have been a fan of the show. Of course things were different back then, when you could get away with belittling girls and sometimes minorities. Let's hope we never return to such a foolish and mean-spirited time. Wanna bet that most of the writers were men?
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Well, children don't reason like experienced adults. As one comedian put it:
"Well, the way I look at it, you know, the way to treat kids is to treat them with respect. I think of them as tiny adults who are stupid."
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This may be the strangest thread I've ever read on these boards; and, that's a lot of threads.
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