What is Expected of Girls?
From day one, girls are dressed in cute, pink outfits and expected to act lady like. As you can see in the pictures to the left and below, much of the clothing aimed towards mothers of toddler girls is fairly revealing (considering they are still babies) and extremely colorful. They are usually decorated with flowers or butterflies; sometimes glitter and extra, attention-getting dazzle is added on as well. This can create a sort of "forced gentleness" upon how girls act. In other words-If you dress them cutely and innocently, they will have no other option that to grow up being cute, innocent, and overall helpless. |
Overall... One would really have to think twice and ask oneself- Is it really helping my daughter to be teaching her that this is the way things are and the way things have to be? Or is it preventing her from reaching a new potential of strength and independence through not being expected to need the help of anyone else. |