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    <title>Eschew Obfuscation: Review of "Boy Talk" by Mary Polce-Lynch</title>
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      <title>Review of &amp;quot;Boy Talk&amp;quot; by Mary Polce-Lynch</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;What if you were told:&lt;/p&gt;


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	&lt;li&gt;In order for girls to be complete humans, they need to be as good at sports as boys.&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;The main reason girls don&amp;#8217;t play sports is that &amp;#8220;Girl Rules&amp;#8221; looks down on girls that play sports.&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;In order for girls to be good at sports, women just need to encourage them and play sports too.&lt;/li&gt;
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	&lt;p&gt;You would probably disagree with most of these points. Yet May Polce-Lynch makes similar claims in her book &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157224271X/104-2075253-6523117?v=glance&amp;#38;n=283155"&gt;Boy Talk&lt;/a&gt; regarding boys and their emotions. Her main points are:&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <author>Max Dunn</author>
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