{"id":48088,"date":"2014-03-18T00:09:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T07:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=48088"},"modified":"2014-03-18T00:09:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T07:09:45","slug":"words-can-hurt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/48088","title":{"rendered":"Words Can Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tCan you think of one word that is rarely used to describe boys but may change the life of a girl forever?<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re thinking, watch this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B1q1CiuCET8?feature=player_embedded\" height=\"360\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The word is &#8220;bossy,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>and it has more weight behind it that you might imagine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When a little boy asserts himself, he&#8217;s called a &#8216;leader.&#8217; Yet when a little girl does the same, she risks being branded &#8216;bossy.&#8217; Words like bossy send a message: Don&#8217;t raise your hand or speak up. By middle school, girls are less interested in leading than boys\u2014a trend that continues into adulthood,&#8221; explains the <a href=\"http:\/\/banbossy.com\/\">Ban Bossy Campaign<\/a> by Leanin.org, a nonprofit organization founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to empower all women to achieve their ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few other striking facts from Ban Bossy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Between elementary and high school, girls&#8217; self\u2013esteem drops 3.5 times more than boys&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Girls are twice as likely as boys to worry that leadership roles will make them seem &#8220;bossy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Girls are called on less and interrupted more\u00a0in classrooms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want to spread the word &#8230; <i>er<\/i> &#8230; the message?<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/banbossy.com\/share\/\">Share Ban Bossy<\/a> to pass along your favorite facts, tips, and quotes that promote girl power with a passion.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you think of one word that is rarely used to describe boys but may change the life of a girl forever? While you&#8217;re thinking, watch this: The word is &#8220;bossy,&#8221; and it has more weight behind it that you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/48088\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/48088\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift_for_gab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}