Eps 513: Growing our teen’s awareness around sexism with Dr. Jo-Ann Finkelstein

Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

My guest today is Dr. Jo-Ann Finkelstein and we’re talking about sexism and our daughters.

Dr. Finkelstein kicks us off by sharing how a pink hockey stick impacted her childhood and inspired her to speak about sexism & gender bias. I ask what intergenerational transmission of sexism is, and Dr. Finkelstein helps me deconstruct an incident I had with Ronan about how she was dressing in 8th grade.

We ponder on how we can raise strong women in a patriarchal society that can be violent towards women without victimizing our girls or instilling fear and how to navigate bodily autonomy in a world where their bodies sometimes are not safe and don’t feel like their own. It’s you and your daughter against the unfairness of the patriarchy & the culture, not each other!

I ask Dr. Finkelstein what messaging young girls are receiving from media & pop culture right now, how we can teach & encourage young women to stand up for themselves & feel empowered without putting themselves in danger, and how we can have meaningful conversations with them men & boys in our life about sexism & patriarchy.

Takeaways from the show

• The intergenerational transmission of sexism
• The “battle” between moms & daughters about clothing
• How do we raise strong women in a patriarchal society that can be violent towards women without victimizing our girls?
• People get harassed (and worse) regardless of what they wear
• Fostering a healthy sense of entitlement in young women
• What messages are girls and young women receiving from pop culture and media right now?
• Raising boys who are sensitive to sexism and male privilege

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