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Sheryl Sandberg Launches 'Ban Bossy' Campaign to Empower Girls to Lead
ABC News ^ | CYNTHIA McFADDEN

Posted on 04/02/2014 3:06:39 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

Can banning one school-yard word really change the world? Sheryl Sandberg says yes.

Sandberg -- the chief operating officer of Facebook and author of the best-selling book "Lean In" -- is spearheading the launch of a campaign today to ban the word "bossy," arguing the negative put-down stops girls from pursuing leadership roles.

"We know that by middle school, more boys than girls want to lead," Sandberg said, "and if you ask girls why they don't want to lead, whether it's the school project all the way on to running for office, they don't want to be called bossy, and they don't want to be disliked."

Sheryl Sandberg: Let's Ban "Bossy"

Sandberg said these attitudes begin early and continue into adulthood.

"We call girls bossy on the playground," Sandberg said. "We call them too aggressive or other B-words in the workplace. They're bossy as little girls, and then they're aggressive, political, shrill, too ambitious as women."

Sandberg's organization Lean In is joining forces with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Girl Scouts USA CEO Anna Maria Chávez to launch a public service campaign called "Ban Bossy." The banbossy.com website gives tips for parents, kids, teachers and others about how to encourage young female leaders.

Girl Scout CEO: Let's Ban "Bossy"

Chavez said she got involved immediately after receiving a call from Sandberg, and believes the Girl Scouts are ideal partners for the new initiative. More than half of all American women were once Girl Scouts and two million girls are currently in scouting, she pointed out.

"Imagine a classroom in America where 50 kids are present: 25 girls, 25 boys," Chavez said.

"And the teacher walks into this classroom and says: 'Boys and girls,

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Nothing says BOSSY like trying to ban a *bleeping* word you don't like. Another reason nobody can pay me to eat Girl Scout cookies anymore.
1 posted on 04/02/2014 3:06:39 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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Utterly dumb campaign and ever so completely BOSSY.


2 posted on 04/02/2014 3:08:25 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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3 posted on 04/02/2014 3:08:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Impala64ssa

Why is this woman so BOSSY? If she does not like to say the word BOSSY then she ought not to use it. I on the otherhand think this woman is BOSSY and should just worry about her own self and family and STFU.


4 posted on 04/02/2014 3:10:52 PM PDT by funfan
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To: Impala64ssa
She writes the problem on the board and then turns around and escorts 24 of the 25 girls out of the room. ... She leaves one girl and 25 boys to solve that equation.

Because that's the only way anything will get accomplished.

5 posted on 04/02/2014 3:11:05 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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First idea of this woman I've liked. I'm all for banning bossy females. Or is she calling other women cows, which are traditionally named "Bossie"?

And who would have thought this superficial nerd-fem grew up on a farm?

/s

6 posted on 04/02/2014 3:11:27 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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Like I was telling Father Curtis, I think my wife is too bossy.


7 posted on 04/02/2014 3:13:01 PM PDT by Gamecock (If the cross is not foolishness to the lost world then we have misrepresented the cross." S.L.)
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To: Impala64ssa

They are right.

The correct term is “b!tch on wheels.”


8 posted on 04/02/2014 3:17:31 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Her campaign slogan: “Don’t be bossy! Be Boss!


9 posted on 04/02/2014 3:18:19 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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>>Like I was telling Father Curtis, I think my wife is too bossy.<<

Father Curtis conducted the Funeral Mass?


10 posted on 04/02/2014 3:18:59 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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My wife is way bossy, my 7 year old daughter is bossy.


11 posted on 04/02/2014 3:19:09 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: Impala64ssa

You know if she wanted to elevate girls self-image by banning a word, maybe “whore” would be more impactful. Or “Bitch”. Yet those two words are darlings of the hip-hop culture, so they’re cool even if they’re cool in a misogynistic demeaning way. And so the Smart People decide “bossy” has to go, yep that’ll do it...


12 posted on 04/02/2014 3:19:17 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Impala64ssa

Banning bossy is such a bitch thing to do.


13 posted on 04/02/2014 3:19:41 PM PDT by EEGator
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I have a better idea,lets ban idiot liberals!!


14 posted on 04/02/2014 3:20:02 PM PDT by ohiobushman ( If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?)
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To: Impala64ssa

If they don’t like bossy, they should not be bossy.


15 posted on 04/02/2014 3:20:03 PM PDT by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: Impala64ssa

BAN BOSSY

USE BITCHY


16 posted on 04/02/2014 3:20:22 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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I understand you have taken exception to my calling you whores bossy. I'm sorry. I apologize. I ask you to note that I did not call you callous-ass strumpets, fornicatresses, or low-born gutter sluts. But I did say "whores." "bossy." No escaping that. And for that slip of the tongue, I apologize.

17 posted on 04/02/2014 3:20:56 PM PDT by henkster (I don't like bossy women telling me what words I can't use.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Oh good GRIEF!!!!!!

How are my daughters “empowered” by adding another “naughty word” to the already ridiculously intricate PC vocabulary?!?!

Gawwwd, I wish these idiots would just go away!!!!


18 posted on 04/02/2014 3:21:02 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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If you can’t even deal with being called “Bossy” your probably not fit to ever be a “Boss”


19 posted on 04/02/2014 3:22:19 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Are we headed to a Cracker Slacker War?)
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To: Impala64ssa

“...arguing the negative put-down stops girls from pursuing leadership roles.”

Thus they fail the first test of desire. Lead? I don’t think so.


20 posted on 04/02/2014 3:23:28 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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