Their scores in math and science plummet similarly. “They crash and burn in a social and developmental Bermuda Triangle,” Pipher goes on to say, pointing to studies that show girls’ IQ scores to drop in adolescence. “Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence,” Pipher says, comparing the lost selves of girls to the planes and ships that vanish in the Bermuda Triangle. When Hamlet refuses her because of her obedience to her father, grief overwhelms her, and she dies by drowning after falling from a tree. At the same time, she still wants to obey her father.
Because of her love for him, she lives to please him. When Ophelia hits adolescence, she follows the allure of romantic love and falls for Hamlet. She begins the play as a young girl, happy and free, unaware of the demands she will face as a young woman. In fact, Pipher argues that these pressures often lead girls to a dramatic realization: they must make a choice between being themselves and being accepted.Ĭonsider the character Ophelia from Shakespere’s Hamlet. These pursuits may increase the risk that girls lose a large part of their true selves. Relatively unaffected by the demands society places on them due to their gender, especially the pressure to be attractive, they are not afraid to express their true selves.īut in adolescence, the desire for acceptance can result in an endless struggle to look the “right” way, wear the “right” clothes and be accepted by the “right” crowd. She observes that before girls hit adolescence, they are free. Mary Pipher discusses the negative impact adolescence can have on young women. In the bestselling book Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, Dr. How to Send Appointment Reminders that Work.Rules and Ethics of Online Therapy for Therapists.Practice Management Software for Therapists.OL16052855W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 95.13 Pages 312 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1594481881 Urn:lcp:revivingophelia00piph:epub:d5c094ee-797a-4341-b8ac-71b3eb2e24a6 Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier revivingophelia00piph Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2m62693q Isbn 0345392825 Lccn 94094639ĩ3038964 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL9384259M Openlibrary_edition
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