![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “When we talk about body issues and self-esteem issues, we used to be talking about girls at 12 or 13,” said Orenstein who will appear at Capitola Book Caf? on Wednesday. “Girls are being encouraged to embrace this culture with an unprecedented amount of sophisticated marketing at a younger and younger age,” said Orenstein, whose examination of the lives of young women began in 1994 with her book “Schoolgirls.” If you”re a grown-up, you look at that world and may think, “Wasn”t it always thus?”īut in her new book “Cinderella Ate My Daughter,” author Peggy Orenstein argues that “girly girl” culture aimed at pre-school children has morphed into something much more all-consuming and aggressive than many former girls may remember from their youth. CAPITOLA – If you are a girl today, under the age of 8, chances are your world is pink and sparkly and glittery, and rife with seductive role models of beautiful cartoon princesses. ![]()
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