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> [Mothers are doing a better job talking about risk, danger, reproduction, consent, unwanted pregnancy. We're not talking about how to balance the risks and joys and we're really not talking about the joys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/mothers-are-doing-a-better-job-talking-about-risk-danger-reproduction/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

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## More by Peggy Orenstein

> [A lot of what happens in consensual encounters and in the way we talk to both girls and boys about sex creates a medium…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/a-lot-of-what-happens-in-consensual-encounters-and-in-the-way-we-talk/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [Parents tend to name all of baby boys' body parts, but with girls they go from belly button to knees with this void in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/parents-tend-to-name-all-of-baby-boys-body-parts-but-with-girls-they/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [Mothers are doing a better job talking about risk, danger, reproduction, consent, unwanted pregnancy. We're not talking about how to balance the risks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/mothers-are-doing-a-better-job-talking-about-risk-danger-reproduction/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [There is only one princess in the Disney tales, one girl who gets to be exalted. Princesses may confide in a sympathetic mouse or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/there-is-only-one-princess-in-the-disney-tales-one-girl-who-gets-to/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [ Saying "yes" \[to sexual activity\] is a pretty low baseline for sexual experience and I wanted to write about what was happening to girls… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/saying-yes-to-sexual-activity-is-a-pretty-low-baseline-for-sexual/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [All girls over age 14 remove pubic hair. The only touching is to remove hair. That's grim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/all-girls-over-age-14-remove-pubic-hair-the-only-touching-is-to/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/but-it-is-bella-not-the-supernaturals-she-falls-in-with-who-is-the/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [Sex-ed courses look at girl's internal parts: for boys it's about ejaculation, erection and wet dreams; for girls, it's periods and unwanted pregnancy. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/sex-ed-courses-look-at-girl-s-internal-parts-for-boys-it-s-about/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [For years we've used the bases analogy - with intercourse being the "ultimate sex" even though that's probably not going to feel good to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/for-years-we-ve-used-the-bases-analogy-with-intercourse-being-the/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [“Identify, I've learned, can be sliced many ways and there is gain with every loss.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/identify-i-ve-learned-can-be-sliced-many-ways-and-there-is-gain-with/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [“The beauty was just mind-boggling for this English girl...It was like being in your own national park, but without the signs telling you what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/the-beauty-was-just-mind-boggling-for-this-english-girl-it-was-like/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [“That said, pointing out inaccurate or unrealistic portrayals of women to younger grade school children-ages five to eight-does seem to be effective, when done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/that-said-pointing-out-inaccurate-or-unrealistic-portrayals-of-women/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [American Psychological Association, the girlie-girl culture’s emphasis on beauty and play-sexiness can increase girls’ vulnerability to the pitfalls that most concern parents: depression, eating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/american-psychological-association-the-girlie-girl-culture-s-emphasis/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [“To bring home the point, she compared New Years resolutions of girls at the end of the nineteenth centyry with those at the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/to-bring-home-the-point-she-compared-new-years-resolutions-of-girls/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

> [“Maybe it was just one of those days when you hear an old question a new way, that quite suddenly shifts your perspective.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-orenstein/maybe-it-was-just-one-of-those-days-when-you-hear-an-old-question-a/)

[Peggy Orenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-orenstein/)

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