Not All Girls Are Expected to Be Feminine

Yet another way that the myth of a singular “female socialization” fails.

11 min readSep 1, 2023

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A woman’s face emerging from a deep river in a lush forest. Image by Jordan Whitfield courtesy of Unsplash.

For girls of many cultures & class backgrounds, “female socialization” means being expected to be strong, self-sufficient, and resiliently womanly.

Devon Price

Written by Devon Price

He/Him or It/Its. Social Psychologist & Author of LAZINESS DOES NOT EXIST and UNMASKING AUTISM. Links to buy: https://linktr.ee/drdevonprice

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