Letters to the Editor
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@Lisa in venice
Good points, I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Thank you.
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Reading "The Female Brain" last night
Why this is an issue is because it speaks to the sexualization of girls . There was just that recent study that found that a majority of girls would rather be called "sexy" then "clever". It goes beyond icky.
This makes perfect sense.
Since girls rely on their skills to set up social networks with their friends, their sexuality is all they need for this.
Imagine a woman preferring to go it alone and shun social networks. This is what you are asking girls to do when you tell them they should lean on their intelligence instead of on their sexuality.
Dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin... unlike boys, girls get a sexual high from most regular activity like talking, touching, grooming, moving. Girls sublimate the feelings constantly, but the reality is that the hormonal feedback mechanisms in the female body are the same as they are during sexual intercourse.
You are asking girls to extricate themselves out of their marinated state-- A STATE THEY ARE NOT EVEN AWARE THEY ARE IN. Good luck there.
I now understand why girls think having intellect is useless and icky and they do not bother to try to accomplish anything intellectually significant.
NOBODY SEXUALIZES GIRLS but their own impulses. Impulses backed by 4 billion years of inertia.