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Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture
HarperCollins
January 2011
On Sale: January 1, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 0061711527
EAN: 9780061711527
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
The acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller
Schoolgirls reveals the dark side of pink and pretty: the
rise of the girlie-girl, she warns, is not that innocent. Pink and pretty or predatory and hardened, sexualized
girlhood influences our daughters from infancy onward,
telling them that how a girl looks matters more than who she
is. Somewhere between the exhilarating rise of Girl Power in
the 1990s and today, the pursuit of physical perfection has
been recast as a source—the source—of female empowerment.
And commercialization has spread the message faster and
farther, reaching girls at ever-younger ages. But, realistically, how many times can you say no when your
daughter begs for a pint-size wedding gown or the latest
Hannah Montana CD? And how dangerous is pink and pretty
anyway—especially given girls' successes in the classroom
and on the playing field? Being a princess is just
make-believe, after all; eventually they grow out of it. Or
do they? Does playing Cinderella shield girls from early
sexualization—or prime them for it? Could today's little
princess become tomorrow's sexting teen? And what if she
does? Would that make her in charge of her sexuality—or an
unwitting captive to it? Those questions hit home with Peggy Orenstein, so she went
sleuthing. She visited Disneyland and the international toy
fair, trolled American Girl Place and Pottery Barn Kids, and
met beauty pageant parents with preschoolers tricked out
like Vegas showgirls. She dissected the science, created an
online avatar, and parsed the original fairy tales. The
stakes turn out to be higher than she—or we—ever imagined:
nothing less than the health, development, and futures of
our girls. From premature sexualization to the risk of
depression to rising rates of narcissism, the potential
negative impact of this new girlie-girl culture is
undeniable—yet armed with awareness and recognition, parents
can effectively counterbalance its influence in their
daughters' lives. Cinderella Ate My Daughter is a must-read for anyone who
cares about girls, and for parents helping their daughters
navigate the rocky road to adulthood.
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