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- A father signals to a girl how she can expect to be treated by men, ie. how high she ‘sets the bar’
- Teach her to only accept respect from men
- Fathers are important in giving girls confidence
- Girls need to hear how worthwhile and beautiful they are – not ‘pretty’, but ‘beautiful’
- This will include outer beauty (looks, smile, laughter, eyes, clothing etc)
- It will also include inner beauty (kindness, friendliness, fairness, curiosity, honesty etc)
- Help girls to think through manipulative TV and magazine advertising about female looks, behaviour and sexuality