#likeagirl: Thinking and choosing words!

1/21/2016

Watch the video Always #LikeAGirl. Do you agree that the term “Like a girl” has become an insult? How do you think we as a part of our schools community can change this?
For your blog post this week, please write down at least 3 steps that we as a class can take to begin to change and think about the words we say, and stop using “like a girl” as an insult.

Monica

1/21/2016 01:31:08 pm

I think like a girl is a rude thing to say to a girl.
People think that "Boys are stronger" or "Boys are faster" but that is not true.
3 things we can do as a class to stop using "Like a girl" as a insult are..

1. Treat everybody the same way, If you think you are better than people no one cares because by this you making people loose confident if you say something like that to them.

2. Yes, girls are weird and akward but that doesn't mean we can laugh at them or think of them as Drama queen, Diva's and Girly-Girls. We should stop calling girls names

3. We should not think of girls as Girly-Girls or Tom-Boys we should all think of girls as girls.

Those are my 3 ways of how to stop using Like a girl like a insult

-Monica

Emily

1/21/2016 01:44:17 pm

The term #LikeAGirl to o me is a insult because when someone says you are Like a girl, it sounds like they are trying to offend us girls. In the video when they said run like a girl, they run like a girl. They are saying that girls are weak and have no talent. What does that even mean? Girl can run like anything they want to but they can't just say girls run like that...

First thing we can do to stop the insult #LikeAGirl is ~
When girls are doing a sport and trying their best and don't do that well, we should still support each other rather than saying " Why did you do that? " We should just support each other or someone will get hurt from the inside and feel like they are useless.

Second thing we can do to stop #LikeAGirl is ~
Let any girl be anything she wants to be. I am not just saying this because I'm a girl, I am saying this because we have to accept anyone. Some girls feel bad because they are not good at something and they have low self-esteem after someone is bullying them. Girls and boys all should have the same rights no matter what.

Third thing we could do to stop #LikeAGirl is ~
Even when some people are joking around and laughing about what girls maybe are like, it still really can offend girls. We, people around the world should stop making jokes about girls because they are "weak". It isn't even polite or anything. It is making girls feel useless, self-esteem lower than their self-esteem right now.

As a school and community we should accept anyone and be polite if they are a girl, have a different religion, have different skin tone. We as a community can change people's lives and make them feel welcomed and useful!
Those are three ways we can do to stop the insult #LikeAGirl!

~Emily🦄

Yerin

1/21/2016 01:59:43 pm

As a girl, I think I'm a very fabulous person. And when someone makes a joke about someone "Hitting like a girl" or "Running like a girl" It does bother me because I think everyone is equal and someone's gender should not define how strong they are.
Here are 3 steps our class can do to stop using "Like a girl" as an insult.....

The first thing we can do is include everybody.
I've experianced lots of times when I was not wanted on a sports team because I'm a girl. It is unfair that some people autimatically assume that all girl's are bad at sports. I think we should never under estimate a person for who they are or how they look. And if you really don't feel happy with a person who is not strong in whatever you're doing to work with you, than don't show it, because you never know how they are feeling inside.

Never think of a girl or anyone as less than you. We are all equal, and nobody deserves to be thought badly of because they are a girl.
All around the world girls don't have the same priveleges as boys. Like becoming a leader,or giving an opinion or even basic rights,like an education! We should all respect girls and boys as equal to us because one day maybe the girl you thought who was "weak" or "dumb" will be more successful than you.

And finally, the most obvious thing is to just stop using 'like a girl" as an insult. It may seem like a joke to some people but to others, it lowers their confidence and makes them feel small and unimportant. And yes, maybe some girls do "Run like a girl" or "scream like a girl" but in a girl's mind they feel confident, proud and strong.

-Yerin<3

Khushi

1/21/2016 03:13:29 pm

Ok well let's just start this off by saying I'm a girl and I'm proud to me one because I'm special in my own way and so is every girl in this class and every boy in this class too!!! When I hear someone say "OOHHH You hit like a girl" or "OHHH YOU RUN LIKE GIRL" that really insults me because what they are really trying to say is YOUR NOT GOOD AT RUNNING OR HITTING Or anything like that and to be a girl to have hear that everyday really bothers because it's really just what is that mean because everybody is equal.

These are 3 things our school and class can do to stop using #like a girl:

The first thing we can do is that we can stop labeling girls! What I mean by labelling girls is like Drama Queen or Tomboy and stuff like that. I mean sure some Clumsy and Weird and sarcastic sometimes but aren't we all every girl is different it may seem like I can be a girly-girl but inside I have a passion for sports too like boys I love to swim I love to Jog with my dad. This step is really important this can start to the whole #like a girl thing because like I said EVERY GIRL IS SPECIAL IN HER OWN WAY AND GIRLS CAN SOMETIMES BE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU THINK.

The second thing we can do is to cheer girls on. Like when we do sports I feel like I can't try out because if I mess up everybody will laugh at me and call me names. Sometimes other girls can feel insecure too when they're playing sports because they have to be perfect at it so that the boys won't laugh at them and don't take this the wrong way boys I'm not saying boys always do this but it's just like we have to be just as good at sports as boys are. If we stop making girls feel bad when they don't get a sport or something like that girls will feel more confident.

The last but not least thing we can do is that we can stop thinking about girl stereotypes like girls fight like there fanning there friend because they are sweating or girls are lazy at sports because the littlest thing like that can offend someone because those stereotypes are not true. Girls are not like that like Nicole or Chloe those are just 2 girls that are really good at sports. Every girl isn't perfect and girls aren't lazy either all us girls have a passion and not all of ours is sport like Jessica's is Art and Emily's is Music again those are just 2 more talented girls and there are like a billion gazillion more in the world.

Finally let's just conclude this by saying Girls aren't perfect girls are just girls. We all have different passions too so we should all just stop judging girls like Taiwan picked their First Ever Women President every girl can make a difference so....
GIRLS BE CONFIDENT AND BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!!!!

ana link

1/21/2016 06:28:05 pm

As a girl if you told me I run like a girl or hit like a girl it would be a little insulting because I think girls are equal to boys we can run fast hit hard and throw hard we can do things just as good as boys do.

So I think we can stop the insult like a girl by...

first you can consider every body as equals and I know that most the boys most likely think that that are better at sports and such as but you know girls are good at them too.

second us girls can cheer one another on more because when ever the girls play together you can always hear us cheer for one another it is always nice that someone can cheer you on like august said everybody should get a standing ovation at lest once in their lives.

finely just stop saying it boys imagine if you were a girl you like to Custer yourselves good at sports and such as what if some one said you hit like a girl you run like a girl and you throw like a girl you would feel pretty bad.

We all have are up's we all have are down's but we can support one another all the way through don't give up you can do it have confidence!

~Ana

Rayna

1/22/2016 02:14:58 pm

I think saying #LikeAGirl is an insult to all the girls in the world! By saying you throw like a girls or you run like a girl is not making you a cooler or bigger person it is just making the girl you said that to lose there self confidence. So let's work together to stop saying #LikeAGirl as an insult.

Here are 3 things we as a school can do...

1. Thinking before you speak. I know this may sound very simple but if everyone in the school thinks before they speak no one will say anything like the insult #LikeAGirl

2. Not being a bystander. If you see someone saying "You throw like a girl" or "You fight like a girl" don't just stand there and watch, tell them that's rude and not true!

3. Think of everyone as equals. Sure some people will be better at sports and some will be better at art but hey we all have our own passion and we should not judge them for that.

I would like to end this blog post with a quote I found on the internet.

"My coach said I run like a girl, And I said if he ran a little faster he could too".

Blake

1/23/2016 07:35:20 am

I think saying for example if someone runs like a girl it's rude and an insult to girls. Here are my 3 steps we can change the meaning of that word from an insult to a compliment.

1.My first step is standing up for others. For example if someone says to another person you throw like a girl. Then you tell whoever said that, that is not nice and they shouldn't say that.That is my first step.

2.My 2nd step is if you are about to say that someone throws like a girl, before you say that think about how you would make the other person feel. Is it really worth it ? I don't think so because if you're a boy about to say that what if it was the other way around and someone said that you fight like a boy and if that is an insult how would that make you feel ? That is my 2nd step.

3.My last but not least step is just being Nice because it's a little thing but if everyone does it, it can make a very big impact in people's every day lives. If you're playing a sport like soccer and someone has an empty net and they miss don't say they play or kick like a girl. You should be nice and say nice try you will get it next time. That will make the person more confident and the more confident you are the better because then if that person has another empty net they have a better chance of making it because they know you believe in them. I think if you are playing a sport or something it is 60 percent mental and 40 percent physical. Those are my 3 reasons.

Those are my 3 steps to change the meaning of "Like a girl" so then if someone says you throw like a girl you can take that as a compliment.That is my blog post for this week.
-Blake

Salma

1/23/2016 09:55:48 am

I'm a girl and I am proud of that. Boys run and throw and so do girls. When you say #likeagirl I find that an insult because you are trying to say that girls can't really do anything or they are bad at most thing. Than ummm who makes you dinner, Wakes up everyday in the morning to make sure you have your breakfast and to drive you to school? Probably your mom! and she's a girl too! When we were playing basketball in the gym I heard someone say....We are not passing to you because all you do is just stand there and do nothing even though all the girls where really trying there best. So as a class I think we could.....

1. Make sure your treating everyone equally. This usually happens when we play a sport because people think that boys are way better at sports than girls,Which is not true sometimes! and remember everyones good at something and no matter what it is we should respect that.

2. Understand that by saying #likeagirl or like #youthrowlikeagirl can become an insult or can really hurt someone's feeling. So we should understand what that term means before sating it to someone.

3. Stop using #likeagirl instead use # I'amagirlandiamproud or #becuaseiamagirlican

-Salma

Haider

1/24/2016 11:34:40 am

How can we stop #Likeagirl:

1. Treat everyone the way you want to be treated:
If you tell someone that they throw like a girl or scream like a girl or anything that involves #Likeagirl can be an insult to girls so girls would probably say your acting #Likeaman which also can be an insult to men too.

2. Think before use #Likeagirl:
Think if you were a girl would that be insulting?

3. Use #becuaseiamagirliamproud:
This is not insulting to girls because it tells that if you were a girl you are proud not Weak, scared, or slow.

Chloe

1/25/2016 01:07:26 pm

Everyone should be proud of who they are so while watching this video it made me think about the saying #likeagirl. I think that nobody should be judged by being a girl or a boy. I think that more and more people are using #likeagirl to make people feel bad about themselves so I think that #likeagirl is an insult. Here are some things that our class can do…

1.Treat everyone the same way

If everyone in the world treated everyone the same no matter if there a girl or a boy the world would be so much better. Girls can run, fight and throw too if we put our mind to something we can do it.

2. Think before you speak

Would you like if someone said “you run like a girl” to you. It doesn’t feel good and makes you think that you should change who you are. We all make that mistake where you say something that you didn’t mean so thinking before you say something will help you not to do that.

3.Stand up for someone

If you hear someone saying “you run like a girl” to someone as a insult you should stand up for that person. It would tell the person saying “you run like a girl” that saying that is wrong and to the person who they said it to that you really care if someone says that.

Vib

1/25/2016 01:52:41 pm

a bullyYes it is to every one and dont bean insult.
1 be kindWe must include everyone it is mean
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2 We should band the words because

Paul

1/25/2016 03:55:16 pm

1: I think that one of the thing's we can do is to treat others the way we want to be treated.
2: Try to think about what the other person might feel if we say what we are going to say.
3: Instead of saying things like you throw like a girl we should say you throw awkwardly ( describe the action not the persons gender).
EX
when I was about 9 my older cousin Victoria said she wanted to come play soccer with me and my other male cousins. We were playing and I didn't expect her to be as good as she was. She had the ball and I was in net she took a shot and she got bar down. I was so stunned I could not get up she is really good and she taught me some moves in soccer.

Nicole

1/25/2016 04:39:17 pm

Yes I think that "Like a girl" is an insult, and it's not fair because people say that boys are better, and stronger but they are wrong. Girls and boys are equal. Girls aren't better than boys and boys aren't better than girls. Everyone should have their opportunity to shine, and everyone has an equal amount of participating. So three ways to make this community think the same as that are...

1. To let everyone participate.
Lets say in gym class, there are team captains and they are picking players. They tend to pick all the boys because they think that boys are better, but they could be wrong. Girls can be a good part of the team. But I think that some people just don't understand that.
By letting everyone participate, it shows that everyone has the right to play, and just because your a girl you don't have to sit off.

2. To help someone out if you hear someone say to them you run like a girl.
If you hear people talking, and saying you run like a girl, or you throw like a girl, stand up for the person they are talking to. You wouldn't like it if you were told you run like a girl, so just don't say it and stand up for someone else.

3. Give everyone nice feedback, not negative messages.
For example, if someone isn't doing so well in gym class you could say "Good try" or "Nice job" instead of "You just threw that ball like a girl". Put yourself in their shoes, that just changed their confidence. It's not fair when a girl is trying her hardest and then all you say is "You run like a girl".

For this blog post, everyone is just trying to say that girls aren't better than boys and boys aren't better than girls. Everyone is the same and you can't judge them for running like a girl.

Sydney

1/25/2016 04:39:33 pm

I think "Like a girl" has become a insult because it divides people by there gender and not there ability's. Still even in Canada a pretty developed country it is still acceptable to say "like a girl" on a daily basis. I think to make the right steps to create a change as a class we can do the following...

1. promote awareness, spread the word, make posters the possibilities are endless

2. Treat others with respect, focus on the positive and not the negative

3. when people say "Like a girl" take it as a compliment because that will teach the person it isn't putting others down and hopefully this reaction will catch on

Aidan P

1/26/2016 01:09:27 pm

Saying like a girl is not nice people should never say it.
1. like a girl I don't get it boys are boys girls are girls there the same don't say things that are not nice.
2. Stand up and let girls be girls and let boys be boys.
3. I have an example one day when I went to go watch my dad track cycle and it was a race and a GIRL bet my dad by 6 seconds.

Kai

1/27/2016 01:29:46 pm

I think that the term "Like A Girl" is insulting. Personally I don't know, because I don't think that I am a girl but I can still give you three reasons on how to prevent it,

1: Report it, If you hear it you should tell an adult. If nobody tells and adult then this stereotypical hashtag will go viral (I don't mean to make you guys feel bad, I am trying to be positive but it is already viral.) I am sure that the way that this started is with one boy, One day during a normal gym class he decided to go tell one of his friends that he runs or does something like a girl. After that the boy either feels sad or doesn't care. ( most likely he will. ) Being the bad kid the little boy is, he goes and tells everyone about it. The next day it is the next big thing.

2: Say "Stop", If you have a friend that likes to use that strongly dis appreciated sentence then tell him to stop. I am pretty sure that all of the boys in this class know at least one person who do it, so tell them to stop. This is almost like bullying, If you don't do anything then you are standing and just letting the person have more power. I am sure that everybody in this class would highly appreciate if there was nobody in the world ever using that term anymore. If everybody makes sure that nobody that they know are not using that term then it will make the world a better place.

3: Don't let it come out of your mouth, I know that nobody here does it but try to make sure that you don't. Sometimes you say things without even knowing what it is. If everyone does that then we won't even have to worry about this whole thing ever again.

Kai

1/27/2016 01:30:38 pm

#LikeAHuman

Cali-Rose

1/27/2016 03:45:47 pm

I think "Like a girl" is a mean term to say so if you so help me! Any who I think NO one should say "like a girl' to someone else! and boys and girls are the same! #LIKE A HUMAN

BYE PEEPS

Cali-Rose

1/27/2016 03:46:23 pm

hehehehe

TOM

1/27/2016 05:18:13 pm

I think " like a girl" is an insult. I can think 3 ways to stop the insult.

1) Treat girls the same way as boys, we are all human beings. We deserve fairness and kindness.

2) Think about how other people will feel when we say they are "like a girl ". It will hurt their feeling, and they will loose their confidence.

3) If you are a girl and someone say "like a girl " to you, don't be bothered. trust yourself, just be yours.

Aidan Roseland-Barnes

1/28/2016 02:02:19 pm

I think the term like a girl is an insult because its sort of like saying girls are weak and boys are strong and better.
1. At the make a difference assembly we could present this video because im sure there are a lot of people at our school who think girls are weak and not as good as boys.
2. We can make posters that have the link on them so people can search it up and say "oh look at that poster, it says #likeAgirl. lets search that up!" they will notice it and spread awarness to others.
3. Post the video on Instagram, twitter, snapchat etc.
Those are my 3 ideas.
[--(--{Aidan Roseland-Barnes}--)--]

Amber

1/28/2016 04:43:20 pm

I think that it is insulting because these years are rough enough, why make them think that they are different? I think that we ( all girls ) should not listen to them, because if you are still winning or even scoring you are still amazing! It means nothing when someone try's to put you down, they are trying to make themselves feel better.

Oh and I almost forgot...
If someone says oh you run like a girl you say" ya I do that is bcs I am a girl!!!!!!
- Amber

Jessica

1/28/2016 04:44:01 pm

The 3 ways I would change like a girl from a insult to a complement

1.Stand up to the others that the people who are bullying this one person saying you hit like a girl.

2.We can make presentations about the problem.

3.We can make posters to help the issue.

Connor #like a cat

1/28/2016 05:31:49 pm

I think the term "Like a girl" is very insulting, and it is also a bit sexist. I think these three weird but helpful steps can solve the "Like a girl" issue.

1. Replace the "girl" part with an animal name. It's weird, but it actually helps. Ex. "Hey Bob, you throw a football like a cat!"
Soon the trend goes on, and people would stop using the term "Like a girl".

2. Don't put up posters. Despite helping kind people destroying the "Like a girl" term, it'll remind bullies to keep using the term, so do not put up posters. Make a presentation about the problem instead.

3. Just don't say the term. If lucky, other kids won't use the term either. Ex. "Hey Bob, you throw well!"

These are the 3 weird but helpful ways to get rid of the term "Like a girl"!

Lucas

1/28/2016 06:33:14 pm

First of all I think that "like a Girl" is an insult and should not be used if you are trying to insult a person of even if you are just trying to joke and you are trying to be funny well it isn't funny because if you say to a girl "oh you fight like a girl" or "you run like a girl" they won't understand because they are a girl, but when they get what you are trying to imply they will get down they will fell sad and useless because you are basically that boys are better than girls at and that is not fair because I believe that everybody should have respect for everybody and that "like a girl" is a insult.

Here are the three ways we can help to stop the use of the phrase "like a girl"

1. The first thing that everybody can do to stop the use of the phrase "like a girl" is not to pick girls last when you are picking teams. I have experienced many times where girls are not wanted on sports teams and they always get picked last and end up felling terrible and it is all because they are a girl. Everybody thinks that girls are terrible at sports and can't play like all the other boys can but that is not true girls are just as good as boys in sports and girls shouldn't get picked last because they are a girl. Usually when the teams are picked and the game starts and everybody is having fun and maybe at one point in the game a girl makes a mistake usually people are like "AUUIUUGHH!!! girls are so bad at sports" and they are all frustrated and they think that girls are terrible and shouldn't play sports but that isn't true everybody makes mistakes including boys and if someone makes a mistake you should make the person feel better but you should not make the person feel worse.]

2. The second thing that we can do to stop the use of the phrase "like a girl" is to really think about what you say before you say it. So lets give an example you are playing soccer baseball and a girl comes up to the plate ( or hula hoop) and gets ready to kick the ball so the teacher rolls the ball towards her and she takes a bi windup and kicks the ball but when she is running to 1st base she trips and falls and the person tags her and she is out and what and you yell "YOU RUN LIKE A GIRL!!!" do you think that's nice well its not how do you think that girl feels know I bet she feels miserable because what you said was basically that boys are better that girls well let me tell you that isn't true girls are not worse than boys, boys and girls are all equal , and do you want me to tell you why she ran like a girl because she is a girl.

3. The third but certainly bot least thing that we can do to stop the use of the phrase "like a girl" is very simple it is just to stop using the phrase "like a girl" completely.
No going back to my example in number 2 were the girl tripped ok lets go over that again.
Okay the girl kicked the ball as hard as she can and runs as hard as she can to 1st base but on the way she falls and the person tags her and she is out but this time you are thinking of yelling out "YOU RUN LIKE A GIRL!!!!" but you don't because you though about it you knew that if you said that that girl would feel miserable so instead of yelling out :YOU RUN LIKE A GIRL!!" you walk over to her and pat her on the back and say "nice try" how do you think she fells know instead of felling miserable and felling like she is useless she feels happy and confident all because you though about what you said and didn't say "you run like a girl".

In conclusion I would just like to say that "like a girl" Is an insult and should never be used and that everybody should have the same amount of respect.

-Lucas

Noah

1/28/2016 06:58:18 pm

For this weeks blog post the thing that we are support to do is suggest 3 ways that we can stop #likeagirl and using it as an insult to other girls, so here are my 3 ways that we can help make #likeagirl not an insult.

1. The first way that I think that we can change #likeagirl is we can put a different meaning to #likeagirl what I mean by this is in the video it says that #likeagirl is where you do "girly" things like throwing the baseball 1 centimeter and then saying "woops" or being all like la di da de da and not playing every sports or lastly when the run they say that they are moving 1 mile an hour and instead of running they look like they are skipping. So a way that I think that we can change #likeagirl is to put a different meaning to it by saying #likeagirl then show something that girls do like nurses or showing a girls sports league and show that girls are good at sports .

2. The second way that I think that we can change #likeagirl is by
just changing #likeagirl into something different something inclusive of both genders like #EqualGenders or #amazinggirls or #all people. What ever the hashtag is we need to make sure that it includes both genders or mostly girls because girls is the hashtag that we are trying to fix so if we did #boooboysGOOOGIRLS we couldn't do that because that may turn into to something bad for the boys so we fixed one problem but we just started an equally big problem.

3. The last way that I think that we can change #likeagirl is if we see another case of #likeagirl we should stand up to the girls so we can stop it from getting as big as #likeagirl is right now.

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