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Beyonce, Jennifer Garner support 'Ban Bossy' campaign

Celebrities like Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Garner and Jane Lynch have joined a campaign asking people to stop labelling girls as "bossy".

Updated on: Mar 11, 2014 05:32 PM IST
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, Jennifer Garner and Jane Lynch have joined a campaign asking people to stop labelling girls as "bossy".

The Girl Scouts of the USA and LeanIn.org have teamed up in partnership with Lifetime television to create a public service campaign featuring Beyonce, Lynch, Condoleezza Rice, Diane von Furstenberg,

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and others, reported People magazine.



The ad, which was released on March 9, points out that girls are discouraged from taking leadership roles because of labelling and name-calling.

"Being labelled something matters," Garner says in the video. "Girls are less interested in leadership than boys," Beyonce adds. "And that's because they worry about being called bossy," Lynch continues.

 
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