ISBN:
9780008241032
Language:
English
Pages:
66 Seiten
Uniform Title:
Dear Ijeawele
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Feminism
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Feminist theory
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Child rearing Social aspects
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Mothers and daughters
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Women Social conditions
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Feminism
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Sex differences (Psychology)
;
Women
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Mädchen
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Erziehung
;
Feminismus
Abstract:
A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. 'Dear Ijeawele' is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It can start a conversation about what it really means to be a woman today
Note:
"This is a slightly expanded version of a letter written by the author as a Facebook post on 12 october 2016" - Rückseite der Titelseite
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