Little Girl

Boys and girls are practically the same their human don't you think it's wrong for people to say you can't go to this school you're not a boy, or you cannot attend this school you're not a girl, or the other way around. Imagine being the only girl into football so who're you supposed to play with? you can't join the boys team when their isn't one. or your non binary what school are you gonna go to? just because we genetically identify male or female doesn't mean we're any different than the…

things, the first one was that there were different isles for boys and girls toys. Second was the fact that the boys isle had more dark colors such as blue, black, and red while as the girls were more of pinks and bright colors. Once I had started to look at these isles I noticed a lot of the toys are in fact gendered. I noticed that the girls isle has babies, lots and lots of baby dolls which should suggest that little girls are suppose to grow up to be mothers and take care of their babies.…

I remember when I had first bought the Marigold seeds, I was looking at the picture on the seed packet examining the beautiful elegant flowers. I rushed home, I ripped open the packet and started to dig little holes in my yard for my new flowers. Days later, I watched them grow as if they were my own children; I watched them become vibrant and full of life. They had given me the hope and happiness I lost when the Great Depression hit. They had lit up my dull and boring yard and made my days…

In Naomi Wolf’s “The Making Of A Slut” she discusses that women target themselves because of a difference in class, in which she used an example of a girl named Dinah; as a result, the author brings up that women from a higher class creates this false sense of privilege and entitlement. This comes with an attitude of superiority against the other women, and these women feel that somehow they are insulated…

Tomboy, Liz Prince, born a girl but likes to do boyish things talks about what its like to not fit into society’s gender role conspiracy. She talks about the first 18 years of her life while using pictures to describe her feelings from dresses, to hair, to clothing at various ages. She is truthful and forward while strolling down memory lane about the things girls aren’t supposed to do and how expectations of gender roles can play a major part in the way a young girls mind can think. Society…

Psychology of Adolescence My Girl: A Look in to the Beginnings of Womanhood My Girl is a movie about a young girl named Veda who is beginning the transition from childhood to adolescence. In the movie, Veda experiences many common problems young girls face while transitioning into a woman. On top of the “normal” issues girls face, Veda is also a hypochondriac due to her living in a funeral parlor that her father owns. She is also a tomboy and doesn’t quite fit in with other girls at school.…

children’s toys, when I visited two specific places to really see the similarities and differences gender messages. This theme is very important in our society because all the different toys, products is a factor in how it is influencing girls to be more attracted to girl targeted toys. As also it is a big factor in boy’s lives too in what types of toys that influence them in our society. As I really tired to observe and look for different aspects in the difference in boy’s and girl’s…

illusion that creates a fake feeling of happiness which is frequently the cause for conflict with others. When faced with challenges, the character suffers and experiences personal growth. In the story ‘A lamp at noon’ by Sinclair Ross and ‘Boys and Girls’ by Alice Munro, both protagonists found similar and different ways to evolve as a character through identity and suffering and ultimately evolving throughout the story. First, this was evident through the theme of change in identity which was…

the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes. The idea that “a girl should be a damsel in distress” or that a girl must “look pretty for men” still lingers around in today’s society. From a young age, little girls are indoctrinated into playing with dolls, makeup, baking cupcakes, and wearing flowery dresses. Girls are expected to sit still and listen; subservience is emphasized for girls, while disobedience is expected by boys. And for the girls that don’t follow the stereotypes, well, they are…

Elline Lipkin’s From Girls’s Bodies, Girls’ Selves: Body Image, Identity and Sexuality article talked mostly about how girls are taught to have a certain type of body image even from an early age by their cultures traditions and especially media such as advertisements and famous celebrities. Lipkin stated in her article that “A girl’s body, almost from birth.. Often reflects cultural expectations and conventions--in how she dressed,..presents it to the world,..comfortable she feels within it.”…