How do you raise girls who are confident about their looks?

[Anonymous]

I know the title of this thread precludes a lot of things, but shouldn’t we be talking to our sons and all kids about beauty standards? If you don’t teach them all, the culture doesn’t change. Women & girls can’t do all the work.

Tell all your kids that the hyperfocus on beauty is tied to capitalism & needing to feel bad to buy more stuff. They can resist if they understand they are being manipulated.

Sorry if this comes across as a screed, but there are so many feminist implications for not helping these kids value themselves.

[Anonymous]

Women are more dependent on looks in society. Harsh truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mostly tell my daughter that I like the way she fixed her hair, I like her outfit, she smells good, etc. Things she can control. And of course I tell her she is funny, smart, talented, which are things she can't control but are part if her in a way looks aren't.

So she’s ugly

[Anonymous]

Have them major in engineering. Going to MIT when it was 25% women, I became used to being seen as desirable.