“Let me be clear here: I object—strenuously—to the sexualization of girls but not necessarily to girls having sex. I expect and want my daughter to have a healthy, joyous erotic life before marriage. Long, long, long before marriage. I do,… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
A lot of what happens in consensual encounters and in the way we talk to both girls and boys about sex creates a medium… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
Parents tend to name all of baby boys' body parts, but with girls they go from belly button to knees with this void in… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
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… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
There is only one princess in the Disney tales, one girl who gets to be exalted. Princesses may confide in a sympathetic mouse or… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
Saying "yes" [to sexual activity] is a pretty low baseline for sexual experience and I wanted to write about what was happening to girls… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
All girls over age 14 remove pubic hair. The only touching is to remove hair. That's grim. — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
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… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
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… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
“Identify, I've learned, can be sliced many ways and there is gain with every loss.” — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
“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… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
“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… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
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… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
“To bring home the point, she compared New Years resolutions of girls at the end of the nineteenth centyry with those at the end… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
“Maybe it was just one of those days when you hear an old question a new way, that quite suddenly shifts your perspective.” — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share
