“It's not that pink is intrinsically bad, but it is such a tiny slice of the rainbow, and, though it may celebrate girlhood in one way, it also repeatedly and firmly fuses girl's identity to appearance.” WayMayGirlIdentityAppearanceTinyCelebrateOne WayRainbowFuseGirlhood Author:Peggy Orenstein
“The man, or the boy, in his development is psychologically deterred from incorporating serving characteristics by an easily observable fact: there are already people around who are clearly meant to serve and they are girls and women. To perform the activities these people are doing is to risk being, and being thought of, and thinking of oneself, as a woman. This has been made a terrifying prospect and has been made to constitute a major threat to masculine identity.” PeopleThinkingMenHas BeensMadeFactsGirlWomenBoysRiskIdentityHe ManDevelopmentActivityMajorsThreatOneselfCharacteristicsServingMasculineIncorporating Book:Toward a New Psychology of Women Source: Toward a New Psychology of Women
“Adolescent girls were fighting a mother's interference because they wanted her to acknowledge their independence. Whatever resentment they had was not towards a mother's excessive concern, or even excessive control, but towards her inability to see, and appreciate, their maturing identity.” WantedMotherGirlFightingIdentityConcernAppreciateIndependenceAcknowledgeMatureResentmentAdolescenceInabilityInterference Author:Terri E Apter