Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be polite,but be yourself, be feminine and adult; be aware of our cultural heritage, but don't comment on the sexism.... Girls are trained to be less than who they really are. They are trained to be what the culture wants of its young women, not what they themselves want to become.


Reviving Ophelia: Helping You to Understand and Cope With Your Teenage Daughter (ed. Random House, 2010) - ISBN: 9781446407011

Mary Pipher Quotes

Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be polite,but be yourself, be ...

Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be polite,but be yourself, be ...

Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be polite,but be yourself, be ...

Girls have long been evaluated on the basis of appearance and caught in myriad double binds: achieve, but not too much, be polite,but be yourself, be ...