The above is taken from a 1960s children’s book charmingly titled I’m
Glad I’m a Boy! I’m Glad I’m a Girl!, which Jezebel
discovered via Contexts.
My favorite of the captions is definitely, “Boys can eat.
Girls can cook.” It’s very important that girls understand from a young age
that they are incapable of consuming food. Weight Watchers diet shakes do not
count as food.
Here’s a full page out of the book, in case you want to share with
your kids a simpler time, a time when genitalia alone determined every single
life decision.
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