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Cinderella Ate My Daughter : Dispatches From the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein; OverDrive, Inc is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Cinderella Ate My Daughter : Dispatches From the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture about?

Amazon.com ReviewProduct DescriptionThe acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller Schoolgirls reveals the dark side of pink and pretty: the rise of the girlie-girl, she warns, is not that innocent. Pink and pretty or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood influences our daughters from infancy onward, telling them that how a girl looks matters more than who she is. Somewhere between the exhilarating rise of Girl Power in the 1990s and today, the pursuit of physical perfection has been recast as a source—the source—of female empowerment. And commercialization has spread the message faster and farther, reaching girls at ever-younger ages.But, realistically, how many times can you say no when your daughter begs for a pint-size wedding gown or the latest Hannah Montana CD? And how dangerous is pink and pretty anyway—especially given girls' successes in the classroom and on the playing field? Being a princess is just make-believe, after all; eventually they grow out of it. Or do they? Does playing Cinderella shield girls from early sexualization—or prime them for it? Could today's little princess become tomorrow's sexting teen? And what if she does? Would that make her in ch

Who reads Cinderella Ate My Daughter : Dispatches From the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture?

Author

Peggy Orenstein; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

HarperCollins e-books

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780061711534

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Education, Psychology

Rating

3.65 / 5 (11,458 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14