Interesting name for a children's book....

targor · 2012-03-06T09:08:28+00:00

My god... I had to look. Also the comments are just great... http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Are-Dogs-Leslie-Margolis/dp/1599902214 Why don't parents care about how their sons are affected by the girl power culture infesting childhood? "welcome to the world you worthless animal, don't go growing up to be problem for society now."

2012-03-06T09:09:41+00:00

Book on Amazon

Based on reading the customer reviews, it is written in the style of appealing to 6th graders, but in reality it appeals to single mothers (information about getting knocked up in graduate school, live-in situation, undisclosed acts with another partner while your dorky boyfriend is out of town). The book also, as portrayed on the title, advocates that boys (the book asserts in middle school but given the target audience I am not too sure that this is limited) act like animals, but if you train them like dogs they can be bent to your will.

What disturbs me is that, with those details mentioned, that anyone would imagine this book appropriate for elementary age kids. But then again, with only the reviews to look at it is difficult to judge.

TL;DR The cover page sums up the idea behind the majority of the book.

2012-03-06T11:53:31+00:00

I wonder how much noise a book with the title "Girls are Bitches" would do?

2012-03-06T11:40:54+00:00

It has four and a half stars. ಠ_ಠ

UnoriginalMike · 2012-03-06T16:23:31+00:00

That stings a bit.

I would love to go on about how maybe I should train my son that women are objects. Don't train them, throw them away or give them to tech support if you really want them back when they don't behave. But fighting fire with fire isn't the best solution; I don't think women are object, and I don't want my son to; and I would rather try and find a solution rather than win the fight.

CremasterGuy · 2012-03-06T19:28:45+00:00

Sick.

ryuh90 · 2012-03-06T17:26:33+00:00

If you thought that 14 ratings with 4.5 stars was bad, check out 664 ratings at 3.8 stars

EDIT: And it looks like some of the comments summarize the plot.

Kilgannon_TheCrowing · 2012-03-06T17:06:00+00:00

The absolute worst is how I bet a lot of mothers give books like these to their daughters because they think they're "cute" or "funny". Subliminally instilling anti-male sentiments.

kekgomba · 2012-03-06T12:16:00+00:00

To be fair, the author also has a book Girls Acting Catty.

pjwork · 2012-03-06T20:44:12+00:00

sigh

So boys are dogs... but girls just act catty.

Title	Interesting name for a children's book....
Author	ryuh90
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Date	March 6, 2012 5:58 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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