gender norms

The heart wants what the heart wants, and my daughter’s heart is a Lisa Frank landscape made up of sparkles and rainbows and princesses and unicorns. It’s just who she is, and I am OK with that. But what I am not completely fine with is her labeling these preferences as being “for girls” or “for boys.”

It is obvious once you begin to look that the male default can be found everywhere.

A handful of fathers in countries with long sexist histories are slowly but surely walking the walk of empowering their daughters.