Faye Fox
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Things went wrong for boys when ...
The bicycle without the bar was made and labeled girls. It should have been for boys . One boy I knew in elementary school was a bike racer and attempted stunts. He claimed that girls and their barless bikes were uncapable of doing high speed wheelies. He was showing off, racing down a hill, then doing a wheelie, when he was unable to set the front wheel back down, lost control, veered right and slammed into the back of an old pickup parked by the curb.
Being a ranch girl, I was well aware of what medical procedure he underwent, because his testicles were slammed against that bar that said "not for girls." They were smashed to smithereens! It seemed the "girls" bike was designed more for boys, if safety had been considered. When I shared my inside wisdom with other kids that were clueless about his injury and surgery, I was scolded by my teacher and told that "when we have special knowledge like this, it is best kept to ourself."
In hindsight, I should have told that teacher that someone should have told Madame Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie that, so I wouldn't have to hide under my desk.
Things went wrong for boys when ...
The bicycle without the bar was made and labeled girls. It should have been for boys . One boy I knew in elementary school was a bike racer and attempted stunts. He claimed that girls and their barless bikes were uncapable of doing high speed wheelies. He was showing off, racing down a hill, then doing a wheelie, when he was unable to set the front wheel back down, lost control, veered right and slammed into the back of an old pickup parked by the curb.
Being a ranch girl, I was well aware of what medical procedure he underwent, because his testicles were slammed against that bar that said "not for girls." They were smashed to smithereens! It seemed the "girls" bike was designed more for boys, if safety had been considered. When I shared my inside wisdom with other kids that were clueless about his injury and surgery, I was scolded by my teacher and told that "when we have special knowledge like this, it is best kept to ourself."
In hindsight, I should have told that teacher that someone should have told Madame Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie that, so I wouldn't have to hide under my desk.
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