{"id":1766131,"date":"2022-12-07T10:36:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766131"},"modified":"2022-12-07T10:36:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:36:48","slug":"stripping-away-all-innocence-american-girl-book-tells-young-girls-they-can-change-gender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stripping-away-all-innocence-american-girl-book-tells-young-girls-they-can-change-gender\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stripping Away All Innocence\u2019: \u2018American Girl\u2019 Book Tells Young Girls They Can Change Gender"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstripping-away-all-innocence-american-girl-book-tells-young-girls-they-can-change-gender%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766131&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>American Girl, the popular doll brand founded in 1986 that featured dolls of young girls from American history with accompanying books telling their stories, is being slammed for a new book that trumpets how prepubescent girls can change their gender.<\/p>\n<p>The 96-page book, titled, \u201cA Smart Girl\u2019s Guide: Body Image: How to love yourself, live life to the fullest, and celebrate all kinds of bodies,\u201d is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Smart-Girls-Guide-yourself-celebrate\/dp\/1683371909\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VMB4S2YX5O94&#038;keywords=Body+Image+A+Smart+girls+guide&#038;qid=1670423631&#038;sprefix=body+image+a+smart+girls+guide%2Caps%2C107&#038;sr=8-1\">aimed<\/a> at girls 8-11 years old, in grades four through six.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way you show your gender to the world through clothes and behaviors is your gender expression,\u201d the book states. \u201cYour gender expression can be feminine, masculine, or somewhere in between \u2013 and it might change! Maybe you\u2019ll experiment with bright dresses and long, feminine hairstyles. Or you might try baggy shorts, plaid shirts, and a buzzed haircut. Your gender expression should make you feel at home in your body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParts of your body may make you feel uncomfortable and you may want to change the way you look. \u2026 \u2018That\u2019s totally OK!\u201d the book states, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11509601\/American-Girl-accused-stripping-away-innocence-book-teaches-girls-change-gender.html\">the Daily Mail<\/a>. The book adds, \u201cIf you haven\u2019t gone through puberty yet, the doctor might offer medicine to delay your body\u2019s changes, giving you more time to think about your gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can appreciate your body for everything it allows you to experience and still want to change certain things about it,\u201d the book advises.<\/p>\n<p>The book also advises children to turn to recommended organizations if parents don\u2019t support them, declaring, \u201cIf you don\u2019t have an adult you trust, there are organizations across the country that can help you. Turn to the resources on page 95 for more information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the book\u2019s critics was one mother who declared that American Girl was \u201cstripping away all innocence\u201d with the book\u2019s content, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p>The original books, written by schoolteacher Pleasant Rowland, featured 9-year-old girls in American history, but after the company was bought by Mattel in 1998, the focus of the books became modern girls looking for empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2022, Mattel, the owners of Barbie dolls, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/laverne-cox-barbie-mattel-transgender-doll\/\">created a transgender Barbie<\/a> doll modeled after activist Laverne Cox as part of its Tribute Collection. In celebration of her birthday, Mattel made a donation in Cox\u2019s name to a nonprofit she favored.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a dream for years to work with Barbie to create my own doll,\u201d Cox said. \u201cI can\u2019t wait for fans to find my doll on shelves and have the opportunity to add a Barbie doll modeled after a transgender person to their collection.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Girl, the popular doll brand founded in 1986 that featured dolls of young girls from American history with accompanying books telling their stories, is being slammed for a new book that trumpets how prepubescent girls can change their gender. 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