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And I smile. We stand there with this big smile of respect between us. It’s about as real a smile as girls can do for each other, considering we don’t practice real smiling every day, you know, cause maybe we are too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest. And worthy of respect…. you know…. like being people. (Pg. 39,…

I was very put off by the one ad in the compilation that had the little girl doing all sorts of domestic activities in her play house and talking about her growing her dreams there. To act as if this little girl’s dream in life was limited to doing laundry and decorating a house made me feel quite bitter because there was probably…

Love is one of the many common desires most people have. So when young girls believe that they do not look as pretty as a princess, they think that they will never have someone love them back. Of course, this frightens them because they do not want to grow up alone without a lover. There was a study in 2016, conducted by experts in the field of child development, of how Disney Princesses relates to gender-stereotypical behavior and body esteem among children. Later, an article was made…

nineteenth century there were clear cut boundaries between what was expected of girls versus what is expected of boys. Girls were taught from a young age to care for a house and children. In the Mother’s Book by Lydia Maria Child women are counseled to give their daughters “A knowledge of domestic duties… Every one ought to know how to sew, and knit, and mend, and cook, and superintend a household” ( , 168). These girls are allowed to have an imagination but are taught to keep it reined in.…

boy or a girl, we are socialized into rules and what does it means to be a boy or a girl. The set of beliefs, norms and practices depends in the place we live. Our family, friends and the media around us it what shape our culture and through them we are socialized into society. What is the first thing that comes in mind what a person thinks about a little girl? The color pink, dresses, flowers, make up, when she gets older marriage, having kids etc. Why it has to be like that? Do every girl have…

presence of female passivity as a component of beauty has found its way into modern culture and it has warped society’s perspective of females. Cinderella’s impact on growing girls is enormous because it is the biggest of the three “Big Girl Tales” and it is embedded in the heart of our culture in regards to how little girls should grow to view themselves (Thomas, Tammis). The subliminal impacts of “Cinderella” on the minds of female children encourage passivity and place an emphasis on a…

against women. The ‘LYNX’ girls shower gel advertisement was released in 2011 as apart of their girl’s shower gels launch. This advertisement promotes a young woman in a bikini, holding onto her untied bikini top. Not only is the image in this advertisement sexual but the so is the text on this advertisement. Again sexualising women to sell a product. Dolce&…

an ongoing juxtaposition from both ends of love and strongly states how love is “forever renewable” (108). In “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” Azar Nafisi illustrates her class meeting with her girls, who are driven to learn about the relation between fantasy and reality. She reveals the emotions and enhances her girls’ reactions to the freedom that is experienced - for a short period of time - in her living room. Small moments tend to have a satisfying yet temporary power…

promised if she passed her spelling test, a young girl and her parents made a special visit to McDonald's. The little girl had to use the restroom when the family arrived to the restaurant. The parents ordered food for themselves and told the cashier, “I would like to also order a happy meal for my daughter”. By the time the family’s order number was called, the little girl was already out of the restroom. The family went to sit down and eat, but the girl was disappointed when she opened the bag…

The movie, Brave, demonstrates a young girl going outside of the female gender normality. Much like the normalities defined and described in "Understanding Gender," The girl, Marida, was destined to become a fragile little princess, but she wanted to be more. She wanted to take after her father; she wanted to practice her archery and wrestle with her brothers. Marida did not take to the stereotypical gender roles that girls usually do. She wanted to be herself and go outside of what was expected…