Cinderella Ate My Daughter - Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-girl Culture

Informationen zum Autor Peggy Orenstein is the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Boys & Sex ,  Don’t Call Me Princess ,  Girls & Sex ,  Cinderella Ate My Daughter ,  Waiting for Daisy ,  Flux , and  Schoolgirls . A frequent contributor to the  New York Times , she has written for the Washington Post ,  The Atlantic ,  Afar , The New Yorker , and other publications, and has contributed commentary to NPR’s  All Things Considered  and PBS NewsHour . She lives in Northern California. Zusammenfassung Peggy Orenstein, acclaimed author of the groundbreaking  New York Times bestsellers  Girls & Sex and Schoolgirls , offers a radical, timely wake-up call for parents, revealing the dark side of a pretty and pink culture confronting girls at every turn as they grow into adults. Sweet and sassy 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 the source of female empowerment. And commercialization has spread the message faster and farther, reaching girls at ever-younger ages. But how dangerous is pink and pretty, anyway? Being a princess is just make-believe; eventually they grow out of it . . . or do they? In search of answers, Peggy Orenstein visited Disneyland, trolled American Girl Place, and met parents of beauty-pageant preschoolers tricked out like Vegas showgirls. The stakes turn out to be higher than she ever imagined. From premature sexualization to the risk of depression to rising rates of narcissism, the potential negative impact of this new girlie-girl culture is undeniable—yet armed with awareness and recognition, parents can effectively counterbalance its influence in their daughters' lives. ...

Product details

• Authors: Peggy Orenstein
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2011
• EAN: 9780061711527
• ISBN: 978-0-06-171152-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Popular Culture, Psychology, Psychology: emotions, Gender studies, gender groups, Parenting: advice and issues, Society and culture: general, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Separation and divorce: advice and issues, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Motherhood, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Popular Culture, HISTORY: Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Gender Studies, PSYCHOLOGY: Human Sexuality, PSYCHOLOGY: Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Essays, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Education, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Alternative Family, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Siblings, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Co-Parenting