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Saturday, April 23, 2005

Scrub My Floors - Bitch 

A new study out of Britain suggests that girls who are read fairy tales are more likely to be in violent relationships:

Young girls who enjoy classic romantic fairy tales like "Cinderella" and "Beauty and the Beast" are at greater risk of becoming victims of violent relationships in later life, a British researcher says.

A study of both parents of primary school children and women who have been involved in domestic abuse claims than those who grew up reading fairy tales are likely to be more submissive as adults.

Susan Darker-Smith, a graduate student who wrote the academic paper, said she found many abuse victims identified with characters in famous children's literature and claimed the stories provide "templates" of dominated women.

And kids who played with G.I. Joe action figures will grow up to be in the Army right? Go Joe! Just because someone who identifies with the characters in the stories, it doesn't mean that the stories caused them to be in abusive relationships. I'm sure there are millions of kids who did read those stories who aren't abused. Just because they identify with it... doesn't mean it is the cause. These sorts of studies drive me nuts.

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