Bärenmädchen / Bear Girls

Bärenmädchen / Bear Girls

Ute Behrend

Adolescence is the subject of Ute Behrend’s new photo book. It tells the story of a fictitious Indian tribe that keeps its pubescent girls in separation and dresses them in bearskins to protect them from premature sexualization.

She draws parallels to our society, where free spaces for adolescent girls are constantly diminishing.

Many young women try to evade the stereotypes of sexualised identification that are shaped by society and the media.

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