> Mocking teenage girls and portraying their interest as worthless can further reinforce ideas that things created for women and by women are unimportant.
Should we instead believe that Twilight, One Direction and Taylor Swift are important? That they aren't doesn't seem like a discriminatory judgement, just an acknowledgment that things that are important to teen girls (or boys) aren't necessarily worthy of the rest of our attention.
> But while some girls may be strongly affected by the demeaning of their interests, Jensen says others will continue to love what they love and fangirl despite the judgment. "Fortunately, girls are pretty badass and do their own thing anyway."
This is the healthy response, and not coincidentally, a typical and prerequisite attitude of the common nerd.
Should we instead believe that Twilight, One Direction and Taylor Swift are important? That they aren't doesn't seem like a discriminatory judgement, just an acknowledgment that things that are important to teen girls (or boys) aren't necessarily worthy of the rest of our attention.
> But while some girls may be strongly affected by the demeaning of their interests, Jensen says others will continue to love what they love and fangirl despite the judgment. "Fortunately, girls are pretty badass and do their own thing anyway."
This is the healthy response, and not coincidentally, a typical and prerequisite attitude of the common nerd.