Summary Of Cinderella Ate My Daughter

Feminism includes the movement of establishing equality between both males and females in society. The irony lies within the word though, because it is apparent that feminism lacks the inclusion of males within its own prefix: “feminine”. The movement should simply be referred to as equality. Males are hardly seen speaking out about feminism. For years men have also been oppressed, but yet it is women that receive the upper hand in fighting their battles by speaking of the wage gap, and how they were expected to be stay-at-home moms. Men were also expected to keep their feelings hidden and “man up” but yet, society has viewed them as “aggressive” unlike women, who slowly continue to victimize their selves. Feminism has morphed into the exaggeration …show more content…
Feminism is not a bad thing, but everything is good to an extent. If the purpose is equality among genders, why do males and females pit themselves against one another? The book Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein includes an article in which, Orenstein recounts the internal conflict as a mother battling a stereotype, “Maybe I should see princess mania as a sign of progress, an indication that girls could celebrate their predilection for pink without compromising strength or ambition; that at long last they could ‘have it all’: be feminist and feminine, pretty and powerful; earn independence and male approval. Then again, maybe I should just lighten up and not read so much into it” (Orenstein). Women do not have to seek approval from men in order to have it all. Dressing up as a princess has nothing to do with internal identity. Children go through various phases and parents worry that their child may be infatuated with a certain color. Parents must make it evident to their children that they can like what they want, and not feed into the ongoing battle of gender separation in …show more content…
Not all parents are married and a large percentage of the population is made up of single mothers. According to the Centers for Disease control and Prevention, “40.6% of all births occur to unmarried women. There are approximately 1,595,873 live births to unmarried women” (CDC). Many women are at the frontline of this debate of feminism because they fear that their children will grow up in a world where there is no equality between women and men. According to a 2014 poll by YouGov, “69% of women consider themselves to be a feminist post-definition and 51% of men consider themselves feminists as well” (Frankovic). However, these women have become blinded to the fact that feminism has come to mean something else for many men. “Real-life feminism has come to mean something else; vilification of men, support for female privilege, and a demeaning view of women as victims rather than free agents” (Young). By supporting feminism, the male counterparts are being forgotten. Exactly why, the ratio between males that support feminism and women supporting feminism has a gap. Families need to work as a cohesive force in order to set the greatest example that they can, for their