For the women:

[novapsyche]

When you hear the phrase "good girl", what does that mean for you? How do you feel about that phrase? Were you ever exhorted to be a "good girl"?

Comments

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

As a child, were you told to be a good girl? If so, when were those times, and how did it make you feel then?

[calya.livejournal.com]

Yes, I was told this a lot, though I can't remember specific times. IT made me feel that people didn't trust me to be good, so they kept emphasizing that I had to be a good girl. It was as though they were expecting me to be bad, and were trying to convince me not to be. I even felt patronized as a child--talked down to, I guess.