Things Dora the Explorer has accomplished teaching little girls
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Hey, I can show you stuff when I’m in mid drift, too.
*vroooooooom*
My middrift has a happy trail. Anyone wanna take that trail?
“English” and “Spanish” should each have capital letters. Spanish should be followed by a period and “you” should be capitalized.
I only take time to point out grammar mistakes here because he claims to speak two languages when, in reality, he is dumb as an oaf and never had a date in school.
I think the map song and the thing about inanimate objects should be switched… i mean, i can *still* sing the damned map song, but i stopped thinking inanimate objects could talk at about 6
I never stopped.
I’m surprised you didn’t catch “midriff”. It’s kinda the most obvious one, isn’t it?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/midriff
Oops! I see that that is already covered, below. Please remove – thanks!
thank you for that. It was bugging me.
That idiot isn’t the real Todd. Y’all just imitate me cause y’all lives suck.
No, I’m the real Todd. Y’all are just a bunch of losers and posers. Any ladies want a real man look me up.
None of us are real. You’re hallucinating.
shut up Todd
No, you shut up Todd.
The real Todd is the one with the most annoying and least clever comment.
I think that may be all of them.
I’m the real Todd, so you posers should shut your pieholes
Hi, Todd.
@Todd’s English teacher.. in all fairness he did say he speaks, he didn’t say he writes both English and Spanish; which just makes you an obsessive angry twit with nothing better to do than correct people on threads instead of contributing to the content. Even though these other jokers were being funny at least they were funny with the content, yours was just brutal. Go back to your library.
no.
I’m the real Todd, and you are not my gym coach.
I’m the real Todd, and you are not my English teacher.
Aw, Todd, you messed up the meme. It’s “Anyone want a REAL MAN, look me up.”
Yeah and I am totally going to look him up, too. I have his first name, that’s all I need. Now I can easily find out exactly which Todd he is, where he lives, and his phone number so I can call him for a hot hot date at his parent’s house once they are out for the evening.
ah, no.
no offense “sexy guy”
ugh
and its MIDRIFF!!!!
not mid-drift!!
*vomit*
sure
lmao.
You made quite a chatting block.
I’v been drifting to and I’m well past the mid point. Pass the Vodka.
I think I get your drift.
Can someone explain to me why it would be so awful for 5 year olds to show their midriff, as the creator seems to think it’s the biggest sin in the world and thus focusses on it?
It’s not awful and not a sin, it’s about protection vs. exploitation of our kids.
Envy should ask that question again when he/she finds their 12 year-old pregnant.
I think the issue here is that 5 year-olds aren’t budding into sexual maturity.
So showing midriff (which as a 5 year-old, of COURSE they’re doing it to show off their sexuality! :O ) makes you pregnant at 12? hmm, wasn’t aware of that.
or perhaps THAT issue lies with parenting and sex ed in schools…hmmm….
Agreed. Plus, not all girls have the ability to get pregnant at the age of 12. Some of us were late bloomers. I showed my belly off all the time as a little girl, and I didn’t lose my virginity until I was 17, and I didn’t get pregnant until I was 24, and I’m still happily married to the father, thankyouverymuch. Obviously most of this comment is directed toward ‘me’, just to prevent any confusion.
Oh my god, are we really scrutinizing this? It’s not like she’s wearing a freaking belly shirt! So it lifts up a half inch when she moves sometimes- guess what, that happens with little kids in real life! It’s realistic. But it’s not okay in cartoons I guess. Oh Dora, you’re such a whore, aren’t you!
I guess we’re all forgetting about the cartoons that our parents grew up watching that were actually racy- Betty Boop, anyone? Jessica Rabbit? Or how about bugs bunny dressing in drag and acting out female stereotypes? Aside from the uncensored cartoon violence they used to show in their jokes, that would be banned in the blink of an eye today. Did all the children that grew up watching these things become prostitutes and criminals? Did they all get pregnant at 12?
I think people need to chill the hell out over a freaking five year old’s tummy. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that show.
I agree. It’s not like she’s showing it in a “sexy” way! She just looks the way most kids do when they’re playing.
If you want to talk about problematic cartoons/toys/dolls that encourage young girls to be sexy, try “Bratz….”
Exactly.
Whassamatta? Can’t follow a post if it takes more than 5 seconds to read? And you say the poster is the dumbass? ADD Much?
Kids will not grow up to be sluts if they were allowed to wear slightly too short shirts or shorts when they were 5.
Oh, yeah, wasn’t envy one of the seven deadly sins? Seems to me today that envy is used as a marketing tool all the time.
its acualy showing because( and its easy to notice) shes a little fat ass
Another writer unclear on the concept.
And the spelling.
THANK YOU!
damn people
Not only is the author unable to spell “midriff,” but he or she has forgotten the single biggest lesson our children learn from Dora: That one should shout ALL THE FRIGGIN TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SWIPER, NO SWIPING!
I’ve always felt bad for that poor guy. It’s what he was made to do, Dora!
And he learned it from YOU! He learned it from watching youuuu…..
wut i dont get is that swiper, A FRACKIN FOX!!, listens to a little girl because she repeats things(repeating is another thing they tech you)
mid-drift?…
Biggest prioblem wit hthe show is that a 5-year-old goes wandering through the forests, mountains, rivers etc. without an adult or without ever asking one if it’s ok to go wander off on her own with a pet monkey. This may not seem like an issue to some – but once you HAVE a 5-year-old of your own – you will understand….
Thank you! That was the point I was going to make, too.
I agree, and I don’t even have a child of any age. As much as I love Dora (I was forced to watch about 20 episodes straight when babysitting a little cousin of mine…and sort of became attached enough to watch it if another little cousin wants to, but not on my own) the best part about the show is the whole learning english AND spanish part.
But guess what? We got that on Sesame Street all the time. AND There were adults around to watch the kids on that show.
Poor Sesame Street. They’ve really gone downhill.
Ever since Tickle Me Elmo….
Yes. Now it’s all about Elmo’s World. So annoying.
I have a 5 year old, and i see no problem with it. You have to let your kids have some kind of make belive, or they will grow up to b robots, with self esteem issues…
Kids become robots by watching TV. You are doing a good job raising a zombie
Tell me you didn’t watch tv growing up. Yeah. I thought so.
when I was 5 my make believe world consisted of a big cardboard box in the yard. It was whatever I wanted it to be. My favorite game was Let’s Pretend, b/c you could pretend ANYTHING.
If you don’t seek some remediation, your 5-year-old will soon surpass your writing skills.
he/she is not saying not to pretend, he/she is mentioning ur child learning to go wander around mountains lakes and all that without permission.
That’s not such an issue in fact. My little son asks me when WE are going to travel like Dora. We went into the park several times playing explorers. I mean by age of 5 they already understand that it’s not quite safe to wander without an adult. It’s later when they think they can do it all alone
I had a rather sick friend make the comment “…Then, one day, Dora went exploring too far, and was never seen again, having become Dora the kiddy-porn star…”.
One has to remember Rule 34: Dora exists, so there IS Dora porn out there….
What’s really frightening to think about is that people actually get off on that kind of thing.
They should have added a section for “You can fit anything in a purple backback”.
That’s just the newest version of “portable hole” technology.
I know a few women with portable hole technology.
They also have portable herpes technology.
It was first done by Mary Poppins and her bag of awesomeness. Who also taught children (intentionally) that you may jump into chalk drawings yet when they tell this to their parents she denies it.
And does it just to make them feel insane.
Mary is a sick bastard.
Yeah, she was awesome.
Mary took LSD, thats why she needed that spoonful of sugar.
LOL yeah, that’s true
It’s bigger on the inside.
I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map. I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the map. I’M THE MAP!!
-Brian Regan
That’s exactly what I was singing as soon as I read the graph!! Nice job!
Midriff. It’s midriff.
I thought midriff was the time between when the guitarist touches the strings and then takes them off again.
No, that’s when he takes a swig of beer.
And that the Reconquista is going fine.
It’s ‘quiero’.
Actually, quit using my screen name.
Where are her parents?
Swiper no Swiping! Swiper no Swiping!
But she was too late and her parents were swip’d before her very eyes. Little Dora would always remember that day. She took her Map! and her Backpack! and her midriff baring shirt (TM) and set forth to get vengeance.
Oh, so THAT’S where Boots the Monkey came from… I was always wondering…
I once lost control of my car during mid-drift. I was distracted by the bare midriff of an attractive woman on the side of the road. The lesson I learned; never drift while wearing flip-flops.
Your name and that comment says far more about you than anything in the entire world could.
Too bad the above is a clone….
Mid-drift. Sad.
you forgot “yelling at the television.”
Dora is evil. Pure evil.
I am much less concerned about 5 year olds wearing mid-drift t-shirts than by people who perceive it sexy, which really really horrifies me….
Yeah, just the fact that someone (i.e. the maker of this graph) actually looked at a cartoon five year old and probably thought “Gee they really shouldn’t let her show that much of her skin… it’s starting to turn me on!”
As one who has a couple of kids, and has seen a few episodes of Dora…from the english language perspective, she can’t tell the difference between a “carousel” and a “merry-go-round”. From the spanish perspective, she can’t tell the difference between “caliente” and “calor”. Showing her stomach doesn’t compare to providing incorrect information on a show that’s supposed to be educational to young kids.
Win!
She isn’t showing her midriff, that’s just her fat stomach hanging out of her shirt.
MIDRIFF not mid-drift.
“mid-drift” ??? Has she also taught five year olds bad spelling?
“Mid-drift” isn’t a word. Try “midriff.”
hey man, if betty boop was a good cartoon role model, a swaying shirt is just fine.
Honestly, who hasn’t watched Dora & thought “What on earth is this child doing, roaming the forest with a junkie monkey, dope dealing backpack, & snitch of a map? She’s forever on the run from a klepto fox. Her outfit doesn’t match one bit & where, oh where, is her mother?”
But, I have a 2 year old daughter & she quite loves Dora. We watch her together & she loves when we dance & sing along with the show. & everytime we walk to the park, it’s an adventure. “Now we go up the mountain, mama!”
I’m of the belief that parenting overrides the media any day. As long as the parent’s providing a good example, there’s isn’t so much of a need to worry about what cartoons your child’s watching.
Bottom line, suckadee.
Aw… my son’s 2 1/2, and he likes to call certain buildings castles now. I have no idea where he got it, but it’s really cute! I brought him to work with me yesterday, and I work in my state’s capitol, which is really tall, and when I asked him where we were, he said, “a castle!”
Don’t forget that you can stop a robber by telling him not to.
Its spelled “midriff”. Get a dictionary. Or get Firefox, it has spell check. I’m so sick of people that can’t spell publicly showing their 2-digit IQ’s. I understand LOLcat speak is supposed to be misspelled, but GraphJam? C’mon now…….take some pride in your work.
This chart seems to have left out the yelling. Every sentence is shouted at the top of her lungs. CAN YOU SEE THE MOUNTAIN?! *long pause then that stupid click mouse thing* GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I mean seriously, it’s hard enough to teach kids about “inside voices.” Having Dora scream at them for 30 minutes at a whack doesn’t really help.
It’s worse than just the constant yelling. On Dora everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, is always a crisis. Some (often unspecified) terrible fate awaits us all if we don’t solve the problem RIGHT NOW! No wonder she’s always shouting and running. If she doesn’t the sky will fall. It’s horribly stressful compared to the other toddler shows my daughter likes.
I guess it’s just preparing her for an adult life where everything on CNN/Fox News/etc. is a major crisis, no matter how slow a news day it is….
Yes, why all the yelling? It is a really bad example. This is the reason I dislike Dora.
why dont you like dora
You forgot:
That you can stop lowlifes from mugging you just by telling them not to.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION DORA THE EXPLORA IS NOT FIVE shes seven
yeah, because we all actually care how old an animated character is right?
It’s midriff.
WTF is with al of you !!!!!!!!!
acualy its not on pupose shes just fat
dora is chubby. like most toddlers with baby fat. most children, when they stop playing a game or something, theyre clothes are a mess. who cares if she’s showing some belly?
also, it isn’t a “mid-drift” for f*ck’s sake. it’s a “midriff”.
jesus.
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I have two small daughters. We watch and love Dora. I don’t mind Dora’s clothing, but I am distressed by the girls’ departments at most chain stores. We shop in the boys’ section and then use emboidery or fabric paint to make things pretty.