{"id":981,"date":"2011-08-09T21:00:33","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=981"},"modified":"2015-04-08T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T18:00:11","slug":"cinderella-ate-my-daughter-dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-the-new-girlie-girl-culture-by-peggy-orenstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=981","title":{"rendered":"Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many parents claim that boys are easier to raise because society is not nearly as judgemental about boys as it is about girls.\u00a0\u00a0Based on my experience of having\u00a0a son before\u00a0a daughter, I definitely agree.\u00a0\u00a0As soon as\u00a0my husband and I\u00a0found out\u00a0we were\u00a0having a daughter, people started plying us with pink clothing, miniature tea sets, and babydolls.\u00a0 It was as if none of my son’s clothes or toys could possibly suffice\u00a0because they weren’t girlie enough.\u00a0 When describing my baby boy, people often used the words “smart” and\u00a0“strong.”\u00a0 When describing my daughter, the words “pretty” and “beautiful” were most common.\u00a0 And, according to Peggy Orenstein, the focus on physical attractiveness is likely to stick around for the duration of her childhood and adolescence.\u00a0 From the Disney Princesses to toddlers in beauty pageants, and from toy stores to schools, Orenstein’s research revealed\u00a0many problems related to the girlie girl culture — some of which were\u00a0even a shock to her.\u00a0 Although there are no hard and fast solutions to the many problems this book addresses, I still consider it\u00a0a MUST READ for anyone who plans to raise and\/or work with girls!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many parents claim that boys are easier to raise because society is not nearly as judgemental about boys as it is about girls.\u00a0\u00a0Based on my experience of having\u00a0a son before\u00a0a daughter, I definitely agree.\u00a0\u00a0As soon as\u00a0my husband and I\u00a0found out\u00a0we were\u00a0having a daughter, people started plying us with pink clothing, miniature tea sets, and babydolls.\u00a0 … Continue reading Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-nonfiction","category-reviewed-by-chrissie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}