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STORES PULL SHIRTS THAT SLAM BOYS
New York Post ^ | 2/20/04 | SUZANNE KAPNER

Posted on 02/19/2004 11:38:57 PM PST by kattracks

Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

February 20, 2004 -- What began as a nod toward schoolhouse humor has escalated into a fist fight over a line of T-shirts and pajamas that bear slogans like "Boys are Stupid, Throw Rocks at Them" and "The Stupid Factory - Where Boys are Made." Marketed by David & Goliath, of Clearwater, Fla., and sold in retailers like Urban Outfitters, Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and others, the line of clothing has recently caught the attention of Glenn Sacks, a radio talk-show host and male rights activist, who says the slogans are a form of boy bashing.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boys; fashion; tshirt
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To: TheDivineRightOfLifesScum
they SHOULD have more sense.

my point isn't that the shirt makers are right, it's that we should quit taking ourselves so seriously, and people should be adult not to get offended at every little slight.
21 posted on 02/20/2004 7:11:56 PM PST by bigghurtt (Thy tender, major burn - anagram of the bigghurtt's full name.)
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To: bigghurtt
people should be adult not to get offended at every little slight.

5 yr old boys should "be adult?"

Unthinking macho-duck statements like that will naturally attract flames.

22 posted on 02/23/2004 10:56:35 AM PST by Way2Serious
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