What should we tell our daughters?
Subtitle: the pleasures and pressures of growing up female
By: Melissa Benn
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781848546271; 9781848546295
Subjects: Mothers and daughters; Feminism
Description: We have reached a crossroads in modern women's lives and our collective daughters are bearing the brunt of some intolerable pressures. Although feminism has made great strides forward, many of the key issues - equality of pay, equality in the home, representation at senior level in the private, public and political sectors - remain to be tackled. Casual sexism in the media and in everyday life is still rife and our daughters face a host of new difficulties as they are bombarded by images of unrealistically skinny airbrushed supermodels and celebrities who depend on their looks and partners for status. This is a manifesto for every mother who has ever had to comfort a daughter who doesn't feel 'pretty', for every young woman who out-performs her male peers professionally and wonders why she is still not taken seriously, and for anyone interested in the world we are making for the next generation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-325) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: pt. I Uneasy Beginnings; title: 1. Think Yourself Thin; title: 2. Name, Shame; title: and Blame; title: 3. The Myth of Perfection; title: pt. II Promises, Promises; title: 4. Lean In; title: Or Lose Out?; title: 5. Love in a Cold Climate; title: 6. Breakpoint; title: pt. III Rebellions and Resources; title: 7. How Should a Woman Be?; title: 8. Stand Up and Stand Out.