Children Behaving Badly Subject of Grandinetti Facebook Posting; Six-year Olds Saying F*ck!October 28, 2014 |
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City Councilwoman Kristin Grandinetti used her Facebook page to promote a viral video depicting a number of pre-pubescent girls, some as young as six, repeatedly using the f word in an effort to show that violence against women, unequal pay and the objectification of the female body are all far more offensive than a group of little girls using what is generally acknowledged as the most offensive word in the English language. Using some provably false data about women earning 20 percent less for doing the same work as men and that 20 percent of all female college students are being raped or sexually assaulted during their time at school, the little girls, all dressed as princesses, read the lines written for them by adults. “I’m pretty f*cking powerful,” one child says. And ready for success.” “So what is more offensive? A little girl saying f*ck, or the f*cking unequal and sexist way society treats its’ girls and women?” another child asks. “Women are being paid 20 percent less for the exact same f*cking work,” another child assures us. The posting drew 40 commentators to Grandinetti’s page, an unusually high number for one of her postings. The majority were women defending the children’s use of the word f*ck. “Over the course of several posts, Joseph Gallagher attempted to refute the facts behind the video. “Stealing the innocence of children is old hat for the left, so that is not a surprise,” he wrote. “The old factoid that women earn 77 cents on the dollar has been debunked repeatedly.” Whether hearing an angelic six-year-old repeatedly dropping the f-word disturbs you or not, one can only wonder what prompted Grandinetti, an elected city official and public school teacher, to promote such material in a public forum.
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