The Little Girl

them for the sanity and health of the next generation. When I was little, I loved Disney movies, but I never really realized how gendered they were and the, perhaps unintentional, messages they are subtly conveying to the young,…

On a hot summer day, a little girl is sitting on the living room floor with the TV rolling, playing with her new Barbie while everyone is in a light cat nap for the afternoon. Her new Barbie doll is fresh out of the box, looking pristine with her pink gown and nicely combs blonde hair. First thing first, the child takes out her collection of outfits for the dolls, now with the addition of the new doll’s assembles. She excitedly changes Barb’s glitter ball gown into a masculine yet feminine…

Persuasive Essay There has been a lot of controversy over whether or not girls should or should not be able to play on boys sports teams. This has been a growing topic throughout the United States due to the growing factor of women’s equality. There are a lot of things that become risks when you throw girls in the mix with boys, which is why I believe that girls should not be allowed to play on the boy’s sports teams. I believe this statement for a number of reasons, but there is one that…

profound ways to describe the young girls the Brownie troop had encountered. In the short-story “Brownies” there is a fine line between being a positive and negative role model. Arnetta is a very persuading young lady who we are introduced to early in the story. Although the story is told through the view of “Snot” (Packer 56), we see how the author illustrates the essentialness of how admiring someone can lead to a dishonoring conclusion. In the story of a group of girls who are out for…

a young girl was found. This little girl was isolated for almost her entire life. She was forced to sit on a potty chair in a dark room with no one to interact with. She was extremely malnourished. She could barely walk or talk. She was almost always silent. This little girl was called Genie. There were a lot of doctors and psychologists that were highly interested in Genie’s story. They all were wondering the same thing: could a child who was isolated almost their entire life with little…

Society is forming each individual with incorrect ideals of life. Some examples are how little girls are changing the way they see themselves in early ages. They don’t worry about playing and jumping outside the house anymore they are now worry about being better looking compare to other girls and what about boys being more violent and less gentleman. The article “Little Girls or Little Woman? The Disney Princess effect” talks about how difficult was for a mom to realize how princess stories…

A common trend between the messages was also observed. Many of the girls’ cards used words such as “perfect”, “pretty”, and “cute”. They also contained a lot of play on words including substituting “fairy for the word “very” or “purr-fect” instead of “perfect”. These trends with the messages on girls’ cards correlated with stereotypical conceptions that girls are supposed to be fragile and sweet, but smarter than boys, which is why a lot of the cards contain a…

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…

There is a little girl in kindergarten; she is wearing a pretty flowered dress, with pink tights. Most of the human population would expect her to be playing with dolls because of the gender roles they were taught in the society and culture we grew up in. Well this little girl is climbing a tree and most likely going to rip her tights. She loves wear dresses and loves the feeling of looking down from the tops of trees. Little does she know that as she grows up her parents, culture and society…

from a girl into a young teen. In her journey, Esperanza comes across many challenges, she is forced to grow up by life’s adversities. In the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, a mother advises her daughter and scolds her into becoming a good woman. In her guidance, the mother is worried about her daughter’s sexual activity and warns her about consequences of bad behavior. “A&P” by John Updike, is also a short story where a boy named Sammy comes across his sexuality when he spots three girls…