Young girls in our society are not initiated by older women into womanhood
The Crone has been missing from our culture for so long that many women, particularly young girls, know nothing of her tutelage.
Young girls in our society are not initiated by older women into womanhood with its accompanying dignity and power.
Instead, for their models, they look to fashion magazines, where they see the kinds of bodies and faces that they themselves can never have.
Paradoxically, these are the ideals that are held up for them if they want to be successful, particularly with men.
A recent national survey of teenage girls in North America showed that “while 13-year-old girls are nearly as confident as 13-year old boys, by age 16 the females sense of self worth has plummeted.
With no inner Wisdom figure to guide them, and no outward model to help them set boundaries and be their own person, young women often fall victim to false and superficial ideals, such as pleasing others.
Ironically, they achieve their greatest success at the cost of their own emerging sense of self. Marion Woodman, Dancing in the Flames, Page 139-140
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