The Unravelling of Womanhood - Be Careful What You Wish For

I think a great deal about the world my daughter will face, and then worry grips me that she will be set up to fail. Getting stuck in youth is just one of the pitfalls I have seen in patients. They grow up in a society that glorifies and emphasizes youth for the wrong reasons. Will she be shown the right incentives for her to get past the fear of growing up and become a woman? This year, the winner of Best Actress at the Oscars was Michelle Yeoh. A 60-year-old childless actress, wearing something fit for a virginal 16-year-old, told little girls in her speech: “don’t ever let anyone tell you that you’re past your prime”. Since no one else took issue, I guess we are well past the point of discussing the consequences of messaging girls that they should strive to look like and stay in the life of a teenager till infinity. As lives are lived with an obsessive focus on pleasure in the present (in the current economic crisis people cancel the dentist but take up loans to vacation), there is