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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2018-10-14

"When you believe 'boys will be boys,' you raise men that are boys." -- wife of BallsOut (@bjcreigh), 2018-09-25

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gingicat: deep purple lilacs, some buds, some open (Default)

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posted by [personal profile] gingicat at 01:13pm on 2018-10-14
Well said.
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corylea: A woman gazing at the sky (Default)

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posted by [personal profile] corylea at 02:38pm on 2018-10-14
Oooh, good one!
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posted by [personal profile] polydad at 04:09pm on 2018-10-14
That phrase has always baffled me. Yes, boys will be boys. And flowerpots will be flowerpots; the mathematical relationship of identity has been confirmed. Now what?
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posted by [personal profile] minoanmiss at 07:26pm on 2018-10-14
There's an unspoken piece to it. "Boys will be boys [so therefore their boyish behavior cannot be and should not be corrected or punished]". And a connotation/frequent context as well: for example, "boys will be boys" is what I was told when I was sixteen and I complained about a classmate groping me. It was their excuse for not telling him "don't grope your classmates." It's frequently deployed in such contexts for such a reason.
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posted by [personal profile] flwyd at 11:25pm on 2018-11-22
"Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men." — Kin Hubbard
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twistedchick: watercolor painting of coffee cup on wood table (Default)

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posted by [personal profile] twistedchick at 08:30pm on 2018-10-14
I have always hated that phrase. It was used to excuse my being poked in the ribs daily in high school -- because it made me jump and because it hurt. Until, that is, I started elbowing, kicking back and straight-arming -- bringing my strong right arm around sharply to hit whoever was right behind me doing it -- and then the excuse stopped because girls will be girls, also. And then the poking stopped also. These days, of course, if I were in high school in that situation I'd be suspended.
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