Analogies Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Peggy Orenstein

All girls over age 14 remove pubic hair. The only touching is to remove hair. That's grim.

— 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…

— 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…

— Peggy Orenstein

“Identify, I've learned, can be sliced many ways and there is gain with every loss.”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Peggy Orenstein