“Four- and five-year-olds' play is permeated with the rankest sexism. No matter what their parents do and say, they play their momand pop roles in ultraconventional style. We've seen little girls whose mothers are doctors absolutely refuse to take the doctors' parts in their play, insisting that "only boys can be doctors," against all reason. Girls do more washing and drying of clothes, dishes, and babies than they've ever seen their own mothers do, and they turn their play husbands into TV-watching drones who do nothing but talk about money.” YearsChildrenLittlesMatterReasonPlayMotherTurnsGirlParentBoysRolesFiveFourStyleTvsBabyHusbandClothesDoctorsNo Matter WhatRefusePopsFive YearsSexismDishesWashingDronesFive Year OldsInsistingChildren Playing Author:Stella Chess
“We hope the day will soon come when every girl will be a member of a great Union of Unmarried Women, pledged to refuse an offer ofmarriage from any man who is not an advocate of their emancipation.” MenGirlMarriageOffersMembersUnionsRefuseEmancipationEvery GirlUnmarriedMarried Women Author:Tennessee Celeste Claflin
“We cry for cow protection in the name of religion, but we refuse protection to the human cow in the shape of the girl-widow.” HumansReligionGirlNamesCryShapesRefuseProtectionCowsWidows Book:Collected Works Source: Collected Works
“I don't believe consumers want to see fuller-figured girls in ads. Because if they did they would refuse to buy the things they are seeing, and want to buy a different product. If people really want to see a change, they have to speak up on a daily basis to see that change. And I think that models who are suffering from an eating disorder, it is as sad to look at them as the person who is suffering from obesity or who is smoking outside their office or person who is drinking too much at the bar - everybody is suffering from something pretty much.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelieveLooksPersonsDifferentSufferingGirlSpeakToo MuchSeeingProductsOfficeEatingModelsBasesDrinkingDon't BelieveRefuseBarsConsumersSmokingDisorderAdsObesityEating DisorderDrinking Too Much Author:Kelly Cutrone