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 | Star Wars : For boys only !? |
 Last sunday morning me and my friend Jackie were helping with children church . We were sitting with the kids at a couple tables and one 5 year old girl happened to see my ESB watch and said I was wearing a boys watch .
I said , " No I'm not , I'm wearing a Star Wars watch ."
" Star Wars is for boys " , she replied .
" No , its not ." , I answer .
" Yes , it is . " , she insists .
" No , its not . " , I counter.
( Yes , I know , I'm pathetic , argueing with a five year old , lol )
Meanwhile my friend Jackie is cracking up . I gave up argueing with the kid , there was really no point in continueing it . I was surprised that even at 5 years old , people think SW is not for girls .Which leads me to the question :
Why do people think it is so weird for a girl to be a SW fan ?
I don't see anything wrong with girls being SW fans , I mean , whats so weird about it ? So what if SW can be violent at times , we like violent movies ( sometimes anyway , or to a certain extent ) .
And girls LOVE romance and SW has that as well , that is a big reason why one of my friends adores AOTC ( and probably one reason she likes SW as much as she does and she likes it alot now  )
My mother also told me of another incident .
She was at a store , buying SW stuff for my B-Day and said to the salesperson , " You'd never think this stuff was for a girl , would you ? " .
And the salesperson replied , " I thought this stuff was for a boy ."
Ah well , I guess people assume girls don't love adventure , fun , romance and all the other good things about SW . We shouldn't be considered weird for liking SW yet we are sometimes . If thats the way it must be then fine , I'll deal with it . SW is so worth it . 
Thank you for reading this blog and comments are appreciated . I hope you enjoyed this blog .
May the Force be with us all
Shatterpoint
P.S. Girl SW fans RULE !!!!!!!
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Qui-Tom Servo loves Padme
You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
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date Posted: Jan 27, 2006 9:27 PM
My little sister adores the ewoks, so she's also a huge Star Wars fan. Two of my favorite movies are Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast, which are not traditional "guy" movies per se, although Sleeping Beauty does feature the dragon fight. Star Wars is for anyone who wants to be a fan.
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FutureLukeSkywalker
Skywalking
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date Posted: Jan 27, 2006 9:29 PM
Hey, I'm a girl that's a fan of SW. To be honest, everytime I go into a bookstore and buy some SW books, the clerks always ask if I want it giftwrapped. In other words, they don't think I would ever buy anything SW for myself based on my looks.
It's just that most people assume girls should only care about so-called "girly" things like make-up and jewlery. Even my mom has always considered me a little crazy for being into this so-called "boy" thing. It's just people don't know what they having involved themselves in, I used to deem it a "boy" thing too. Now I learned, girls can have just as much fun with SW as a boy can.
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JadenNightsaber
THX 118?
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date Posted: Jan 27, 2006 9:31 PM
I don't know what to say. I really don't have anything to say. I don't have anyfriends around here that like Star Wars and are girls.
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Michelle1968
M68- Star Wars Kid at Heart
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date Posted: Jan 27, 2006 9:46 PM
Hi shatterpoint, good to hear from you!
I totally know what you mean. When people come to our house and see my SW things, they automatically assume it belongs to my boys or husband. When they find out otherwise, they look at me like I'm a weirdo and not because it's SW but because it's mine (a girl's). They had no problems with it being my husband's or son's!
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Ki-Adi-Andy
A Tremor In The Force....
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date Posted: Jan 27, 2006 10:37 PM
Yea, never trust little girls. I've been outsmarted one too many times by 5 year old girls! Just kidding. Don't take whta they say seriously, however. They're just little. I think the people are being too general, to think that, but i'd be willing to bet that there are more guys that show their fandom than girls. I can sorta see where they got that idea. I'm not supporting them or anything, though.
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Mace Nguyendu
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date Posted: Jan 27, 2006 11:15 PM
Rock on shatterpoint282! Stand up for the chicks! We're all beautiful! For we are the champions, my friends...
(Tomorrow, 3 o' clock in the morning)
Hey, wait a minute, I'm not a girl!
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Darth Pechark
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 4:42 AM
Well, my girlfriend isn't really a fan, my ex and good friend is only really a PT fan, and only because of Hayden Christiansen topless at that, and my sister is a relative fan, but not overboard, unlike me. So I can sort of understand Jaden. Of course there's nothing wrong with a Star Wars fan, I suppose partly because, in general, it appears that Star Wars appeals more to the stereotypical boy than the stereotypical girl. But I disagree that Star Wars should be thought of as a single gender thing.
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MelreNebarri
The Bad, The Badder, and the Baddest
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 5:07 AM
the "stereotypical" person does not exist!
I am also an SW fan and a girl. Nobody ever says anything weird to me when I get SW books, cuz the book store I shop at has mostly guys who seem to think it's pretty darn cool for a girl to be an obsessed SW fan. Alot of my friends (girls and guys) are into SW and Lord of the Rings. but of course, we're all home-schoolers and everyone knows home-schoolers could care less about other people's generalizations. none of the teens at my church get SW. not even the guys.
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evil_yoda12292
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 6:32 AM
The government doesn't like the fact that girls CAN like SW. In my belief ANY guy to like SW but it takes a special girl to like it.( im not making fun im just stating that i think that if ur a girl and u like SW we r gonna be real good friends.)
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Kyle Katarn, Jedi Knight
Katarn's Cruiser
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 6:39 AM
I can't believe that it has come to this. Ladies should be (and are) Star Wars fans, and their is absolutely nothing wrong with that at all. The Saga, indeed, the entire SW universe is to be shared and discussed by all people, irregardless of gender, ethnicity, political positions, sexual alignment, etc....... as it should be. I'm glad that the female SW population has finally gotten a voice in this blog, because I havent seen many female fans yet, but are looking forward to holding discussions with this growing group of dedicated fans about their love for Star Wars, which brings all of us to this website.
Ladies, May the Force be with you......always. 
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evil_yoda12292
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 6:46 AM
thank you. And that brings me to another subject why r there so little female SW fans that actullaly speak up when they r asked if they r SW fans. If anybody askes me I say yea and if u dont like it deal with it cuz it aint ever gonna change.
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stopher717
Stopher: Master of the Jedi-Bendu Art of the Saber
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 6:50 AM
truthfully, i wish i could meet a girl SW fan. That would help a bit in the love aspect of my life. Ah well, guess i will have to just be lonely and miserable for the rest of my life......................................not really.
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evil_yoda12292
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 6:54 AM
Y r so many GIRLS afraid to say they r a SW fan???
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Bekkara
The Wroshyr Tree
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 7:38 AM
Hmmmm.....if Star Wars is only for boys, then who's going to wear the Slave Leia costume?
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StarWarsAddict5
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 7:52 AM
i think it just stupid that everyone thinks SW is just for guys...i mean even wal-mart.com says 'look for boys' when i search SW stuff for my cousins and friends (girls)....it bugs the heck out of me
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JadenNightsaber
THX 118?
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 8:08 AM
I think that girls are afraid to speak up about their love for Star Wars because they are afraid that their friends would think less of them. I say that if they don't like you because you like something then they aren't true friends!
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jedimasterninks
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 8:18 AM
Star Wars is for girls, boys, aliens, cats and dogs etc. Although I am not a girl, I think that it doesn't matter who you are, if you like it, GOOD!!!! I think that it is a wrong statement to say that Star Wars is just for boys.
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jedi_abba
"Lets Blow this thing and go home!"
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 8:34 AM
I totally get what your saying Shatterpoint! I don't understand while some people think it is so weird for girls to be fans of star wars. The other day I was looking through the ROTS figures before they would be gone and I was getting tbhe weirdest looks from little kids...I dosen't make sense. I cant think of one reason why girls shouldn't like star wars.
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Qui-Tom Servo loves Padme
You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 9:11 AM
There isn't. One of the strengths of SW is the strong female characters. Leia and Padme are important to the story and respected by their peers. They're intelligent, thoughtful, kind and caring. Although they're both beautiful, they are not valued for their beauty. They're valued for who they are. Now compare Padme and Leia to MJ from Spider-Man. Her sole purpose is to stand there, look pretty, and scream when the villain attacks.
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Padawan_Katis
Whispers From the Jedi Archives
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 10:39 AM
Great blog, I know what you mean. Someone really needs to start telling people that SW is for EVERYONE! JadenNightsaber is right, I think it takes girls a little more courage to say that there a SW fan. I don't know why, that just seems to be the case.
Your story was great. There's a boy in the Sunday school class I helped teach last summer, and he's a SW fan. At children's church a few weeks ago I was helping him do his craft and he saw my Rebel Alliance symbol pin. He gasped in surprised and whispered "That's Star Wars!" When I said yes he promptly asked me if he could have it. When I said no, he made a dissapointed face and pulled my Padawan braid.
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Obi-Tyler
Master Obi-Tyler's Blog Archive.
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 11:15 AM
Well I did have a blog back in September about something like this but not exactly. If you were around in September and you knew me then you'll know what I'm talking about.
Reallly I don't think their's enough girl starwars fans.
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Jedi Knight Kasey
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 2:07 PM
I agree with you a gazillion percent. My mom hates me loving Star Wars because she thinks it's for boys as well, which is wrong. Girls have every right to like Star Wars. If I were a boy maybe I'd have a little picture of Darth Vader by my name..but I don't.  Lol. I think my mom has something against me loving Star Wars just because I'm a girl, and she thinks I shouldn't be interested in that stuff. I don't have friends that like Star Wars really, so I rely on the internet for that, lol. And from what I've seen some of the most hardcore Star Wars fans are girls. Maybe not many, but there's quite a few informative female fans.
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Master Asmodeus
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 3:32 PM
It's a shame that people assume Star Wars is just for boys... and boys is the key word. Most people who look older than their mid-teens are seen as weird for buying Star Wars anything, unless buying from a comic shop or other specialised store that deals with geeky material.
It shouldn't happen, Star Wars is for anyone who likes it, regardless of age, gender, and species (one of my lizards likes it... but that could just be the pretty flashing colours... he also enjoys watching Jerry Springer  ).
In the end, I think your final comment sums everything up pretty well. "If thats the way it must be then fine , I'll deal with it . SW is so worth it ." Just be happy with who you are.
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jkthunder
Seven Pieces
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 5:44 PM
nobody told me (also a girl) that SW was for boys when i was 6. but then again i was also considered a tom boy.
its unfortunate, but its sort of true that there is some sort of conditioning that exists. but then again, i feel sort of special when i go to the bookstore to pick up a SW book, and a bunch of nerdy boys step back and gasp. its like i set off the girl alarm. LOL - plus (as i said in johnnage's blog), we girls are exempt from being called geeks and nerds as far as fandom goes.
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jkthunder
Seven Pieces
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 5:47 PM
as to my first line above... i meant no one told me SW was for boys when i was 6 and playing with action figures and ships, etc... but that was back in the late 70s through the 80s with the OT. tom boy was cooler then. it seems now adays that young girls are "girlier" than ever. some 8th graders look like they are in college i swear! that is "look" NOT act and think.
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marybrainchild
SidiousSith's Holocron
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 6:52 PM
Now THAT is one brainwashed kid! It's like girls are "forbidden" to be Star Wars fans. All the kids except for one or two ridicule people for liking Star Wars, but I really don't care. We female Star Wars fans MUST stick up for ourselves! Now, for most girls, you have to follow the group, wear enough makeup to drown yourself when you are 14, & think that boys are cute. Yada Yada Yada. What a load of JUNK! It's all about peer pressure nowadays......
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Jedi Knight Kasey
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date Posted: Jan 28, 2006 7:47 PM
Haha, I'm not afraid to show my Star Wars obsession at all. Not even in school. I have a Darth Vader day planner, Star Wars pencil case, and my class folders are full of Star Wars drawings on the front. And it's stupid, but I carry a little Vader saber in my purse (don't even ask) along with the current SW book I'm reading (if it'll fit, lol), so if I like it I'm not afraid to show it. But a lot are, unfortunately.
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DarthTregon
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date Posted: Jan 29, 2006 5:46 AM
only idiots would say sw is only for boys ofcourse its for boys and girls
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shadowball2021
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date Posted: Jan 29, 2006 10:42 PM
I'm with you all the way shatterpoint! I'm not a girl but I too have heard this crazy idea that sw is just a guy thing. I for one think that it is a stupid idea and is not true at all! I myself have not met a girl sw fan before but thanx to this site, I've had the pleasure of talking to many such ladies. I think it is for everyone, no matter of race, gender or age! I would love to meet a female sw fan one day but don't know if that will happen. Luckly, I'm a film student at Columbia of Chicago and there are many sw fans here, which is great but I have still yet to meet a female one. I don't know if there are any or not but I do thing that people have had it put into there heads that sw is just a guy thing over the years.
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pmtsou
Butler_Swan
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date Posted: Jan 30, 2006 11:38 AM
Great Blog Shatterpoint! Anyway yeah, I totally agree with you.
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Darth_Chick
Wonderful girl. Eithor I'm going to kill her or I'm begginning to like her (Blog Closed)
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date Posted: Jan 30, 2006 9:08 PM
ok, I didn't read the comments but here is my thought: most girls (or the stereotype girl) like to watch chick-flick movies and won't go outside and play and do nails and hair all the time as hobbies (I sadly know a few of these girls). So when someone finds out that a teenage girl likes a movie that is primarily science fiction instead of romance or cartoons or something, it's really astonishing. So they think it's strange.
Anyways, good blog, and STAR WARS IS FOR GIRLS!!!
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starwars*princess
ROTS
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date Posted: Jan 30, 2006 9:16 PM
I'm a girl and I'm afraid to show that I'm a SW fan because people will think I'm stupid. Even my sister thinks I'm such a little kid for liking SW. Now, I don't mention SW to her anymore. But my husband supports me, though. He doesn't mind me buying SW stuffs. So, I'm lucky to have him. Great blog!
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dotish
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date Posted: Jan 31, 2006 4:39 AM
To little kids Sw is just the action figures and video games so to a little kid it is for boys.
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shatterpoint282
''This Party's Over ''
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date Posted: Jan 31, 2006 6:25 PM
Thanks for the comments everyone . Sw is totally for girls and boys . I love SW so much , it is worth being looked at weird . i'm glad you guys enjoyed the blog
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JediPug1
Like My Father Before Me
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date Posted: Feb 01, 2006 2:26 PM
Whenever I buy toys at Toys R Us, the cahier assumes they're for my son. I say, "No way...they're for me!" I'm a 37 year old woman and I LOVE Star Wars!!! Always have, always will! 
And I love wearing my Burger King SW watches! Different one for each day! Cool! 
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