"Like A Girl" Campaign

Hell yea. I played sports and I'm just as good as any guy. In gym I was always first pick for anything. Even football. Girls are just as good.

I liked it. I think the whole point of the campaign is that don't have to be as good as anyone as long as you're out there having a good crack. Basically get out there and do something and don't give a *kitten* what anyone else thinks

I loved it. As a mom with 3 daughters I thought it had an excellent message. When did being a girl become such in insult?

Maximus wrote: »

gmallan wrote: »

I liked it. I think the whole point of the campaign is that don't have to be as good as anyone as long as you're out there having a good crack. Basically get out there and do something and don't give a *kitten* what anyone else thinks

I like good crack

I was wondering whether that expression would translate to American. Us Aussies love our slang. From urban dictionary


Top Definition

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have a crack

Aussie slang meaning to 'give it a go'

Aww, that jigsaw puzzle doesn't look too hard... Let me have a crack at it!

I've got mixed emotions about it but mostly I dislike it.

I don't need a TV campaign for my four daughters to tell them to be strong like 'girls'. My daughters do awesome things because they are individuals that do awesome things. Their gender does not define or limit them. It creates this feel good voice that all girls or society must some how feel inferior from social pressures until enlightened.

In my household the question poses "what does it mean to run like a girl" has no meaning. No more than "what does it mean to run like someone dressed in blue or human or French or happy." While gender disparity is a thing and all the bad messages do exist - I'm not denying any of that - I don't need it. I expect my daughter to expect themselves to excel in all things that they value in sports or adventure not because they are 'tomboys' or 'girls' but because they take pleasure in pushing themselves.

And it really needed a diminutive term to be used for "women"? There was just a thread on here a few days ago where a guy talked about lifting for 'girls' and got his butt handed for him. What's good for the goose is good for the gander - be consistent about language use.

I think that the same type of message, a positive, fulfilling and engaging one could have been made without the need to set in in opposition to a perceive negative. But then it wouldn't have gotten as much press. Gotta have something to fight against - can't just say:

I am a runner.
I am ____

or any of the other possible slogans,

Just like I don't need public messages telling my own kids to move more or exercise more.

As a public message? It's fine, if it's what you like. It's emotional and obviously has a lot of motivational aspects. I recognize that.