Breaking the Cycle of Objectification
The way we talk to and about girls and their bodies matters
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5 min readJan 29, 2020
On a photo of a friend’s 13-year-old daughter lying on the beach soaking up the sunshine after a full day of surfing, someone comments “Oh, your day of reckoning is coming!” When my friend asks what they mean, the person says “Boys chasing/fighting for her attention. Then comes the tears because she…