In "Beezus and Ramona", which was published in 1955, an exasperated Beezus thinks about how fed up she is with reading Ramona's favorite book (a story about a talking steam shovel) over and over again, because she doesn't like how whiny the steam shovel is in the story or having to make the silly growling sound effects while reading it. She comments to herself that girls aren't supposed to like machinery anyway. This viewpoint probably wouldn't go over very well with modern readers, since it's become much more accepted for girls to like traditionally-boyish things in the 21st century, and vice versa.
I used to think that attitude was dated and then I worked in a bookstore. I heard comments like that all the time.
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In "Beezus and Ramona", which was published in 1955, an exasperated Beezus thinks about how fed up she is with reading Ramona's favorite book (a story about a talking steam shovel) over and over again, because she doesn't like how whiny the steam shovel is in the story or having to make the silly growling sound effects while reading it. She comments to herself that girls aren't supposed to like machinery anyway. This viewpoint probably wouldn't go over very well with modern readers, since it's become much more accepted for girls to like traditionally-boyish things in the 21st century, and vice versa.
I used to think that attitude was dated and then I worked in a bookstore. I heard comments like that all the time.