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6. Not only does it insinuate that, but it also insinuates that allowing girls into the

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 13, 2015, 04:19 PM

Jul 2015

competition will somehow 'contaminate' the boys, maybe? Or is it that big bugaboo that no one will talk about -- "if girls do it, it automatically has cooties" (see reading, art, dolls, cooking, the color pink, etc., etc.). IOW, do they think it's necessary for a 'boys only' environment in order to even get the boys interested?

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