A landmark 1990 study by the American Association of University Women showed something scary about American girls: by the time they’re in sixth grade, they associate masculinity with power and opportunity and femininity with reserve and restraint. No sexist pig has to keep these girls down; they’ll do it all by themselves.
But not if they can pilot a sea kayak with confidence, or rappel down the side of a cliff. Or, at least, that’s the thinking behind GirlVentures, a San Francisco non-profit that takes girls in 6th-9th grades on vigorous outdoor adventures designed to let them take risks that pay off. They hike, bike, climb mountains, they learn self-defense moves. They bond in the physical, exhilarating ways that are so often closed off to girls, and in doing so, GirlVentures hopes, they will be able to take a flying leap through any glass ceiling.
GirlVentures offers month-long classes on self-defense and urban hikes during the school year, as well as a once-a-week rock climbing class in the East Bay that’s developed a cult following. The prime summer offerings are two-week backcountry camping trips into the Sierra Nevadas. For more information, visit girlventures.org.
That saves me. Thanks for being so snesbile!
July 10th, 2011 at 4:40 amIm not wothry to be in the same forum. ROTFL
July 11th, 2011 at 9:36 amI’m not sure exactly why but this weblog is loading incredibly slow for me. Is anyone else having this problem or is it a issue on my end? I’ll check back later on and see if the problem still exists.
January 27th, 2012 at 10:30 amThanks for this wonderful article. One other thing is that a lot of digital cameras come equipped with a zoom lens that allows more or less of the scene for being included by means of ‘zooming’ in and out. Most of these changes in the aim length will be reflected while in the viewfinder and on huge display screen at the back of the particular camera.
January 31st, 2012 at 3:29 pm