http://thegirlrevolution.com/avatar-is-art-female-characters-empowering-for-women-andgirls/ Growing Girls With Purpose Wed, 16 May 2012 12:42:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thegirlrevolution.com/avatar-is-art-female-characters-empowering-for-women-andgirls/comment-page-1/#comment-6165 Tracee Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:43:53 +0000 http://thegirlrevolution.com/?p=3268#comment-6165 True That!! But you didn't take Sarah? True That!! But you didn’t take Sarah?

]]> http://thegirlrevolution.com/avatar-is-art-female-characters-empowering-for-women-andgirls/comment-page-1/#comment-6164 Alexis Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:05:43 +0000 http://thegirlrevolution.com/?p=3268#comment-6164 In a reversal of what is my standard protocol about PG-13 movies, I took my 10 and 11 year old sons to see Avatar. The idea to allow them to see it occured to me when, in an attempt to avoid having to attend a sexuality seminar for 4th and 5th graders, my 10 year old son stated he was not old enough to have to worry about all that stuff (he already has the basic info.) I told him if he was cool and just gave it a listen, I would reward him with a treat usually reserved for more mature kids. I had read a review saying how pro-feminist Avatar was so I decided to go for it. When my sons completed the seminar we went to the theater and as the credits rolled I was very satisified by the nonsexual messages and powerful roles women played. What a perfect ending to a weekend of learning about human sexuality. In a reversal of what is my standard protocol about PG-13 movies, I took my 10 and 11 year old sons to see Avatar. The idea to allow them to see it occured to me when, in an attempt to avoid having to attend a sexuality seminar for 4th and 5th graders, my 10 year old son stated he was not old enough to have to worry about all that stuff (he already has the basic info.) I told him if he was cool and just gave it a listen, I would reward him with a treat usually reserved for more mature kids. I had read a review saying how pro-feminist Avatar was so I decided to go for it. When my sons completed the seminar we went to the theater and as the credits rolled I was very satisified by the nonsexual messages and powerful roles women played. What a perfect ending to a weekend of learning about human sexuality.

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