At the CSC 2009 hosted at Lipscomb that sparked the idea of inviting guest bloggers to share their narratives and experiences of gender within the Churches of Christ, one of the participants on the panel wryly mentioned her childhood status of "leader-ette." Because girls can't be leaders. At best, girls can be leader-ettes. A silent, secondary, expendable sidekick role, decorated with a frilly and feminine diminutive suffix.
Why would this be what we encourage our daughters to aspire to?
Here's some thoughts from a dad on L2L, and why he says 'no' for his daughters: "Taking a Principled Stand."
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