Am Kedoshim

Twisted Values and the Tyranny of Short-sightedness: A Plea to Love Our Daughters as Much as We “Love” Our Sons

By Dr. Rivka Starck

Yes, beauty plays a role in courtship. But when we allow it to rule, then we – not beauty – become our daughters’ tyrants. We are fearful our daughters will remain single for too long, and so we grasp at straws – thin, brittle, unstable straws. But “extreme makeovers” and intensifying their already ample body-image anxieties are not the answer.