Rosaria Carpinelli Consulenze Editoriali - Dalla parte delle bambine

The traditional difference in character between male and female is not due to "innate" factors, but rather to the "cultural conditioning" that the individual undergoes in the course of his or her development. This is the thesis supported by Elena Gianini Belotti and confirmed by her long educational experience with parents and preschool children. But why only "on the side of the girls"? Because this situation is all "to the disadvantage of the female sex." The culture to which we belong - like any other culture - uses all the means at its disposal to get individuals of both sexes to behave in the manner most appropriate to the values it is anxious to preserve and transmit: these include the "myth" of "natural" male superiority as opposed to "natural" female inferiority. In reality, there are no "male" qualities and "female" qualities, only "human qualities." The operation to be carried out, therefore, "is not to form little girls in the image and likeness of males, but to restore to every individual who is born the possibility of developing in the way that is most congenial to him, regardless of the sex to which he belongs." Preface by Concita De Gregorio.

Publication date: 16.05.2023
Publisher: Feltrinelli - Le stelle
Country: Italy