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A Scary Study on the Sexualization of Young Girls

Another Halloween…and with it, I noticed the increasing sexualization of costumes aimed at young girls. For a while, we’ve battled the sexualization of women; in a scary continuing development, there is a significant impact on girls at younger ages, even kindergarten age girls! Psychologists at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois have performed research using paper dolls to study how six-year-old girls react to sexualized women. This study raises interesting statistics and discusses why your daughter may have sexualized thoughts. At our all-girls summer camp program, we are intentional about modeling behavior that […]

Strong Women

Many of the influential leaders of the past are men—glorified and well-regarded for their works—but what about women? It is a societal problem that women are frequently seen as weak and submissive beings. What gave us that stigma? Perhaps it is the typical stereotype of taking care of the children, cooking meals for the family, and keeping the house clean that informs the view of women as being weak and feeble-minded. We are popularly exposed to few pioneering women. Nonetheless, I recognize some who took great strides to change our […]

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