What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you ought to like dolls"; if the answer is, "But I don't," there is no more to be said.
Dorothy L. Sayers, Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
clichés, dignity, empowerment, freedom, gender, girls, self-determination, stereotypes