What Are Pretty Girls MAde OF
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What Are Little Girls Made Of?
"What are little boys made of What are little girls made of
What are little boys made of What are little girls made of
Frogs, and snails and puppy dog's tails Sugar and spice and everything nice
That's what boys are made of That's what little girls are made
of..."
- Anonymous
This nursery rhyme was one of the songs on the cassette tape that my father gave us as a Christmas present. Every Sunday morning, my sisters and I would sit near our karaoke and listen to the tape full of nursery rhymes. I found this particular nursery rhyme to be one of the most appealing songs on the tape because it had a mellow yet cheerful melody and also because it was one of the easiest rhymes to memorize. However, now that I have grown older, I realize that there was something more to this simple rhyme. Even as a kid, we were already taught about how girls and boys should act. We were already taught that strength, roughness, and aggressiveness should be attributed to boys, while gentleness, sweetness and submissiveness should be attributed to girls. Once you act inaccordingly, your gender would be considered otherwise...