People have long speculated about why girls love horses, according to Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture. She says that by identifying with these dynamic, strong animals, girls are expressing their own power.
Why Do Girls Love Horses, Unicorns And Dolphins?
If you aren’t following NPR’s Hidden World of Girls series by The Kitchen Sisters already, I strongly recommend it.