@Simone_De_Beauvoir Girls, on the whole, are naturally less aggressive than boys are. That’s nature. There’s nothing wrong with that. I don’t know why society, especially American society, tends to view female passivity in such a negative light. It’s actually very valued in Asian cultures. Even male passivity. American values place an emphasis on independence, assertion, toughness. Because boys are naturally and proportionately more aggressive than girls, we are very much a “male-oriented society”. So we try to raise our daughters to be more like boys, and discourage their natural feminine non-aggressiveness. I think that’s a shame.
Because in America we value people who are vocal, assertive, and forthright, I as a father consciously try to raise my daughters to be more assertive and “boy-like”, so that they don’t get hurt in their everyday lives. Blame this part of the ugly American culture for that—- not my tendency to be more protective of my daughters.
Enough said. ;)