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Thanks
for your note. I certainly think
that many girls are good as
they are--and all girls will
be good as they are as long
as they are choosing who they
are/want to be. The problem
is that many girls try to live
up to stereotypes of what girls
are supposed to be rather than
trying to figure out who they
want to be. For instance, there
is nothing wrong with some girls
choosing to wear makeup and
lipstick or trying to look like
Barbie. The problem is when
a girl feels like it isn't a
choice and that this is the
only way for her to be.
However,
I don't think that the majority
of girls and women are yet at
the comfortable place of choosing
and too many people are still
presuming roles prescribed for
them. It doesn't help that advertising
and marketing are very strong
forces and they want girls/women
to buy lipstick and makeup,
so they make us think that we
have to in order to be a "real
woman."
I think that things are much
better than they use to be and
girls are actually choosing
to wear makeup in equal numbers
to those choosing not to wear
makeup. Let's hope this balance
continues and this pattern of
every girl figuring out who
she is as a person regardless
of what society tells her she
should be.
—Amy
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