“Marketing to girls constantly presents a hypersexualized idea of girls; they're expected to appear sexy but be cut off from their sexuality.” IdeasGirlCuttingMarketingSexySexualityExpected Author:Peggy Orenstein
“I'm watching my own daughter grow up. I see this overt sexual culture coming at her like a Mack truck. She's in seventh grade.” CultureGrowsMy OwnGrowing UpDaughterGradesTruckSeventh GradeMackMack Trucks Author: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 the middle. That doesn't change as kids go into puberty.” BodyKidsGirlNamesParentBoysMiddleBabyKneesVoidButtonsBellyPubertyBaby BoyBelly Buttons Author: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 never talk to girls about sexual self-exploration or self-knowledge.” LooksSelfDreamGirlCoursesSexBoysPeriodsInternalsExplorationPregnancyWetSelf KnowledgeUnwantedEjaculationWet DreamsUnwanted Pregnancy Author:Peggy Orenstein
“Girls would say: "I have a boyfriend for that." So in addition to putting their pleasure literally into someone else's hands - an inept teenage boy - these are the same girls who say they do not climax with a partner. It's the opposite with boys; they say because they can do that themselves, girls should perform oral sex.” ShouldHandsGirlSexCan DoPleasureBoysOppositesPartnersTeenageClimax Author:Peggy Orenstein
“Sexualization is imposed from the outside as opposed to sexuality, an understanding of the body's responses and desires and ability to communicate that, cultivated from within.” BodyDesireUnderstandingAbilityResponseCommunicateSexualityAbility To Communicate Author:Peggy Orenstein
“Sexualization is the performance of sexuality, the performance of sexiness. Girls are super good at that now.” GirlPerformancesSexualitySexiness Author:Peggy Orenstein
“Displaying yourself as sexy doesn't do anything to increase sexual self-knowledge or pleasure.” SelfPleasureIncreaseSexySelf Knowledge Author:Peggy Orenstein
“The anesthetizing against caring really threw me for a loop. I was seeing it with 15-year-olds. It was how they were starting their intimate lives. It alarmed me.” YearsSeeingStartingCaringIntimateLoops Author:Peggy Orenstein
“There is a way hook ups are serving young women. And it was important for me to always talk about how behaviours were serving girls, not just making them the victims.” WayImportantYoungGirlVictimServingBehaviourYoung WomenHookHook Up Author:Peggy Orenstein