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Peggy Orenstein Quotes: Sexualization is imposed from the outside as opposed to sexuality, an understanding of the body's responses and desires and ability to communicate that, cultivated from within.
         

Sexualization is imposed from the outside as opposed to sexuality, an understanding of the body's responses and desires and ability to communicate that, cultivated from within.


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All girls over age 14 remove pubic hair. The only touching is to remove hair. That's grim.



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The point of creativity is to express and challenge yourself, to make meaning, to embrace your life.



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There is a way hook ups are serving young women. And it was important for me to always talk about how behaviours were serving girls, not just making them the victims.



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