Oct. 11 is #InternationalDayoftheGirl. Every day should be a day when we uphold girls and their right to thrive and to be free of violence. #DayOfTheGirl
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What if we nurtured and encouraged the expression of anger in girls the same way we encouraged reading skills: as necessary for their navigation of the world? feministgiant.com/p/how-much-is-… #DayOfTheGirl
Imagine a girl justifiably enraged at her mistreatment. Imagine if we acknowledged her justifiable anger so that a girl understood she’d be heard if anyone abused her & that her anger was just as important a trait as honesty.
What kind of woman would such a girl grow up to be?
What kind of woman would such a girl grow up to be?
I believe all girls are born with what I call a pilot light of anger that flared at injustice.
What happens to it as they grow into women?
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What happens to it as they grow into women?
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We must teach girls that their anger is a valuable weapon in defying, disobeying & disrupting patriarchy, which pummels and kills the anger out of girls.
#DayOfTheGirl
#DayOfTheGirl
It socializes them to acquiesce and to be compliant, because obedient girls grow up to become obedient foot-soldiers of the patriarchy.
They grow up to internalize its rules, which are used to police other women who disobey. #DayOfTheGirl
They grow up to internalize its rules, which are used to police other women who disobey. #DayOfTheGirl
From a very young age girls around the world are told that they are vulnerable and weak.
By the age of 10, research shows they believe it. Conversely, boys are fed the stereotype that they are strong and independent. feministgiant.com/p/how-much-is-…
By the age of 10, research shows they believe it. Conversely, boys are fed the stereotype that they are strong and independent. feministgiant.com/p/how-much-is-…
Girls are born with plenty of rage already, but we squash it.
They are taught to be polite, to be well-behaved, and to not make a scene.
We tell them not to raise their voice and not to speak too much.
#InternationalDayOfGirlChild
They are taught to be polite, to be well-behaved, and to not make a scene.
We tell them not to raise their voice and not to speak too much.
#InternationalDayOfGirlChild
I want to bottle-feed rage to every baby girl so that it fortifies her bones and muscles. I want her to flex and feel the power growing inside her as she herself grows from a child into a young woman.
#DayOfTheGirl
#DayOfTheGirl
I want girls to grow up with their pilot light of anger tenacious and sure of its right to flare whenever treated unjustly.
I want girls to grow up knowing that angry women are free women.
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I want girls to grow up knowing that angry women are free women.
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