I think the idea of the sweet demure damsel was patriarchy's wishful thinking and a projection. The complex reality of women as a real human being (especially the sexual side) is just too threatening an idea, so we hang onto the myth. I think your observations are correct. Remember that children's rhyme about girls being made of sugar, s…
I think the idea of the sweet demure damsel was patriarchy's wishful thinking and a projection. The complex reality of women as a real human being (especially the sexual side) is just too threatening an idea, so we hang onto the myth. I think your observations are correct. Remember that children's rhyme about girls being made of sugar, spice an all things nice, and boys made of snails and puppy dog's tails? Little boys are the sweetest, most trusting people on earth, while little girls are ready to run the world by age 7. We all know it and see it in our real lives but the myth is obviously too valuable to let go of, but it's probably well past time we did.
That hit home. I felt bad for my son who has an older sister as I could not possibly be as close to him as I was with her. I was wrong. He was/is sweeter. To this day many years later, we cannot part ways without him expressing his love many times.
I think the idea of the sweet demure damsel was patriarchy's wishful thinking and a projection. The complex reality of women as a real human being (especially the sexual side) is just too threatening an idea, so we hang onto the myth. I think your observations are correct. Remember that children's rhyme about girls being made of sugar, spice an all things nice, and boys made of snails and puppy dog's tails? Little boys are the sweetest, most trusting people on earth, while little girls are ready to run the world by age 7. We all know it and see it in our real lives but the myth is obviously too valuable to let go of, but it's probably well past time we did.
That hit home. I felt bad for my son who has an older sister as I could not possibly be as close to him as I was with her. I was wrong. He was/is sweeter. To this day many years later, we cannot part ways without him expressing his love many times.
That's so lovely.