{"id":10154,"date":"2014-03-11T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=10154"},"modified":"2014-03-12T00:14:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T08:14:53","slug":"how-bossy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/how-bossy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bossy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oh god, political correctness. Now, They want us to ban the word ‘bossy’ because it inhibits girls from ‘leaning in.’ I would much rather ban ‘lean in’ if I were Minister of Language.<\/p>\n

The new Ban Bossy<\/a> campaign is predictably strident, sanctimonious and victimmy. Its stated aim is to encourage girls to become leaders. But how can they become leaders if they’re not bossy? Should they lead by manipulation instead?<\/p>\n

‘Ban Bossy’ is brought to you by Lean In, the organization founded by Sheryl Sandberg<\/strong>, Facebook COO and author of the bossy best-seller that made ‘lean in’ a trendy and divisive concept for the media to feed on.<\/p>\n

Lean In<\/strong><\/a> has managed to get the Girl Scouts in on the ‘Ban Bossy’ campaign, as well as bossy women like Condi Rice<\/strong> and Beyonce<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can go to the website and take the pledge to stop using the word ‘bossy.’<\/p>\n

Or you can use whatever words you want. I want to lean out <\/em>or at the very least, lean back<\/em>. I don’t want to be treated like an idiot by some pseudo-feminist figureheads and business groups.<\/p>\n

I wish I had been a lot more bossy when I was younger. I’m making up for it now, though. Tell me what you think. And that’s an order.<\/p>\n

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