And the story that we were watching was about Lili.
Lili has the not so great trait of being bossy, and I said to Alicia that her stories are always the worst because she is so bossy and rude to other people around her and she just wants to get her way.
Alicia brought up a point that has been said on the internet a few times and asked if Lili was actually being rude and bossy, or if she was just being assertive. Just because she's a girl we look at her differently, and had a boy been doing any of those same activities that he would be seen as getting what was rightfully his and wouldn't be considered rude at all.
http://naomisimson.com/men-are-%E2%80%98assertive%E2%80%99-%E2%80%93-women-are-%E2%80%98bossy%E2%80%99/
But then Lili proceeded to start stealing things and taking what was being used by her two best friends just because she wanted to, no matter what they said to try to stop her.
Now, I'm all for making sure that we keep equality equal and keep standards the same across the genders, but sometimes people can judge each other pretty aptly. Lili is bossy, it even says so on the wikipedia. She likes to get what she wants, and doesn't like it when she doesn't get her way. It's the way the character is written. It's not because she's a girl, it's not because she's anything else, she's bossy because she's bossy.
I get it, in some cases women are shown in a bad light because they are assertive, and if a man did those same things nothing would be said. In those times, yes, it's sexist, and offensive and needs to be changed. However, there are some times where women are jerks, just like men, and it's perfectly okay to call people (not just men, and not just women, all people) entitled brats when they act like entitled brats.
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