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> [When I was 10 and 11, my dream was to be a boy. I saw that there were so many injustices that women had to live with around me. I didn't want to have that; I wanted to have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/when-i-was-10-and-11-my-dream-was-to-be-a-boy-i-saw-that-there-were/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

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## More by Maimouna Doucoure

> [For me, what counts the most is my film. I can express myself and therefore take care of myself through my art. Cinema not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/for-me-what-counts-the-most-is-my-film-i-can-express-myself-and/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [We ask these young girls to grow up too fast. In the society where they grow up, they are asked to grow up too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/we-ask-these-young-girls-to-grow-up-too-fast-in-the-society-where/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [When young girls can get 400,000 likes by doing a sexy selfie... we have to offer them another way of being. To dream of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/when-young-girls-can-get-400-000-likes-by-doing-a-sexy-selfie-we-have/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [When I was 10 and 11, my dream was to be a boy. I saw that there were so many injustices that women had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/when-i-was-10-and-11-my-dream-was-to-be-a-boy-i-saw-that-there-were/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [I met over a hundred preteens who told me their stories. I asked them how they felt about their femininity in today's society. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/i-met-over-a-hundred-preteens-who-told-me-their-stories-i-asked-them/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [Streamers are a great way to get my stories out and share my messages with more people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/streamers-are-a-great-way-to-get-my-stories-out-and-share-my-messages/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [I was at a community event in Paris a few years ago when a group of young girls came on the stage dressed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/i-was-at-a-community-event-in-paris-a-few-years-ago-when-a-group-of/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [We're used to saying that women in other cultures are oppressed, but the question that I had when making the film was: Isn't the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/we-re-used-to-saying-that-women-in-other-cultures-are-oppressed-but/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [My father is a street sweeper, my mother works in a shop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/my-father-is-a-street-sweeper-my-mother-works-in-a-shop/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [When I was young, I also saw a lot of injustices around me lived by women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/when-i-was-young-i-also-saw-a-lot-of-injustices-around-me-lived-by/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [Today you have that exposition of your body on social media and you also have this big competition of finding 'likes' and followers and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/today-you-have-that-exposition-of-your-body-on-social-media-and-you/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [I lacked role models so badly when I was growing up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/i-lacked-role-models-so-badly-when-i-was-growing-up/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [I would never judge another woman. For me, being a feminist means that even if we don't agree on everything, we should fight for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/i-would-never-judge-another-woman-for-me-being-a-feminist-means-that/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [What happens is young girls see images of women being objectified, and the more the woman becomes an object the more followers and likes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/what-happens-is-young-girls-see-images-of-women-being-objectified-and/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

> [We, as adults, have not given children the tools to grow up healthy in our society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maimouna-doucoure/we-as-adults-have-not-given-children-the-tools-to-grow-up-healthy-in/)

[Maimouna Doucoure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maimouna-doucoure/)

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