Am I beautiful enough to be liked?
The high expectations and unrealistic standards teenage girls have to face daily
“Mirror, mirror on the wall…”
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Am I beautiful enough to be liked?
The high expectations and unrealistic standards teenage girls have to face daily
“Mirror, mirror on the wall…”
Read More“A woman does not need an education - she belongs in the kitchen.” This is a sentence which a lot of people used to say many years ago. Nowadays, you would say it is ridiculous to even think about something like this attitude.
Read MoreNever have I ever been so fundamentally shocked by a statement from a human than when a well-educated Ghanaian man who is currently pursuing his Ph.D. told me during a discussion on gender roles that “women are nothing but birth – giving machines”.
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