We continue to think of virginity as first intercourse. That ends up minimizing and marginalizing other things kids are engaged in, like oral sex. And it's not going to feel particularly good for girls as the big marker of adulthood.
All girls over age 14 remove pubic hair. The only touching is to remove hair. That's grim. - Peggy Orenstein
All girls over age 14 remove pubic hair. The only touching is to remove hair. That's grim.
- Peggy Orenstein
Girls are removing pubic hair before fully having it. They would say I feel cleaner, it's for me, but then they'd say if a boy saw pubic hair down th… - Peggy Orenstein
Girls are removing pubic hair before fully having it. They would say I feel cleaner, it's for me, but then they'd say if a boy saw pubic hair down th…
It's not that pink is intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow, and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeat… - Peggy Orenstein
It's not that pink is intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow, and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeat…
Marketing to girls constantly presents a hypersexualized idea of girls; they're expected to appear sexy but be cut off from their sexuality. - Peggy Orenstein
Marketing to girls constantly presents a hypersexualized idea of girls; they're expected to appear sexy but be cut off from their sexuality.
Displaying yourself as sexy doesn't do anything to increase sexual self-knowledge or pleasure. - Peggy Orenstein
Displaying yourself as sexy doesn't do anything to increase sexual self-knowledge or pleasure.
We're afraid if girls find out sex is pleasurable they'll stop being gatekeepers, they'll go out and have sex. - Peggy Orenstein
We're afraid if girls find out sex is pleasurable they'll stop being gatekeepers, they'll go out and have sex.
I talked to a junior in college, and she was fed up. She said, "I'm not doing other girls any favours by faking orgasms and not calling out guys when… - Peggy Orenstein
I talked to a junior in college, and she was fed up. She said, "I'm not doing other girls any favours by faking orgasms and not calling out guys when…
But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role model. - Peggy Orenstein
But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role model.
Sexualization is the performance of sexuality, the performance of sexiness. Girls are super good at that now. - Peggy Orenstein
Sexualization is the performance of sexuality, the performance of sexiness. Girls are super good at that now.
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