“Daddy, I’m a Princess!”
“Can I be a Princess, too?”
“No.”
“Then what can I be?”
“Hmmm…
You can be…
my Royal Servant.”
This more or less captures an anecdote a professor told me about a conversation he had with his daughter. I think it addresses issues previously discussed on this site about what little girls play when they play “Princesses.” Contrary to the popular belief that they play at being feminine and dependent, this story suggests that they play at having power and being in charge.
