Here’s What One Woman Thinks Is The Worst Thing We Do To Girls. Many Women Will Agree With Her.

Hey, here’s a crazy idea: How about society stops teaching girls to be ashamed of their sexuality and who they are, and starts encouraging girls to be strong, opinionated, bad-ass individuals instead? Here, let Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie break it down for you in seven gifs.Oh and for my fellow Beyoncé-obsessed fans, she features a sample…

By

Upworthy Staff Writer

Sep 20, 2013

Here you can listen to her full speech here in full:

Add to Google News

Tags

diversity and equality gender equality

More for You

intelligence, julian de mediros, philosophy

Philosopher shares the subtle giveaway that someone is ‘not very smart’

teachers, teaching, school, kids, students, middle school, gen alpha, life lessons, life hacks, teacher hacks, classroom pencil policy

A middle school teacher used students breaking their pencils to teach a brilliant lesson about respect

wisdom, advice, woman, phone, astonished

Woman’s request for ‘life-changing sentences’ is a gold mine of wisdom

jimi hendrix, beatles, sgt. pepper, beatles album, jimi hendrix live

2 days after The Beatles dropped Sgt. Pepper, Jimi Hendrix played a raucous cover of the title song

schools, education, dress code, school dress code, sexism, prejudice, dress code controversy, high school, middle school, kids, teens, parents, community

A school board tried to ban leggings and spandex. Then a 15-year-old grabbed the mic.

By subscribing, you accept beehiiv's Terms of Use & Privacy Policy. Our site's Privacy Policy applies.

Advertisement

Featured

All Featured Stories →

Steve Miller Band, Chappell Roan, nonce words, songs, lyrics

5 ‘nonce’ words that were completely ‘made up’ for songs and used like they’re real

Cecily Knobler

emergency landing, Florida plane, young pilot, flight instructor, plane lands on highway

Trucker captures 21-year-old pilot’s death-defying maneuver during emergency freeway landing

Jacalyn Wetzel

disability, invention, Japan, accessibility, design

Those yellow bumpy tiles exist because a man in Japan had a friend going blind

Adam Albright-Hanna

renters, landlords, apartment for rent, evicted, bad landlords, landlord dispute, apartment living, renter living, squatters, funny, music video, humor, viral

Cleveland renters make epic music video documenting a wild dispute with their landlord

Evan Porter