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“If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate.”

People Ifs Thinking Wells Looks Littles Book Hard Used Girl Education Boys History Fate Trouble Volume Torment Filling Little Boys Boy And Girl

Book:Jane Austen: The Works in Eight Volumes

Source: Jane Austen: The Works in Eight Volumes

“Once upon a time, growing up male gave little boys a sense of certainty about the natural order of things. We had short hair, wore pants, and played baseball. Girls had long hair, wore skirts, and, no matter how hard they tried, always threw a baseball just like a girl.”

“Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first things the little boys and girls learn is to be righteous and holy and not piss against the wall. They study those passages more than they study any others, except those which incite to masturbation. Those they hunt out and study in private.”

Source: The Bible According to Mark Twain: Writings on Heaven, Eden, and the Flood

“For little boys are rancorous When robbed of any myth, And spiteful and cantankerous To all their kin and kith. But little girls can draw conclusions And profit from their lost illusions.”

Children Littles Girl Lost Boys Draws Illusion Profit Myth Conclusion Little Boys Spiteful

Book:A Short Walk from the Station

Source: A Short Walk from the Station

“As children, women are encouraged to be "little ladies." Little ladies don't scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised more severely for throwing tantrums or showing temper: "high spirits" are expected and therefore tolerated in little boys; docility and resignation are the corresponding traits expected of little girls. Now, we tend to excuse a show of temper by a man where we would not excuse an identical tirade from a woman: women are allowed to fuss and complain, but only a man can bellow in rage.”

Men Children Littles Shows Spirit Girl Women Boys Excuse Expected Rage Complaining Throwing Scream Temper Traits Identical Little Boys Resignation Corresponding Tantrums

Author:Robin Lakoff

“Now, I have nothing to say against uncles in general. They are usually very excellent people, and very convenient to little boys and girls.”

People Littles Girl Boys Excellent Uncles Aunt Convenient Little Boys Boy And Girl Aunts And Uncles

Author:Dinah Maria Murlock Craik