Jamaica Kincaid’s short story Girl is an evocative representation of a mother-daughter relationship. Motherhood is challenging in various ways. Girl divulges a mother’s apprehension as her daughter reaches puberty. This mother uses a rather authoritarian and uncompromising approach to teach her daughter about the ideal behavior of a young girl. Provided that the mother grew older in a misogynist society, the concerns as well as the advices for her daughter are extremely prejudiced and bigotry. The mother puts a lot of emphasis on the need of a girl to perfect household chores. The mother’s advice about how to wash clothes, sew on a button, hem a dress, iron pants, grow okra, sweep the whole house, set the table for tea etc. displays a very discriminatory pattern. As she feels the need to teach these errands as though it is presumed that the daughter will be accountable for these responsibilities. The tone of urgency displayed in the commands spoken in one long sentence shows that the mother is blameworthy for the mistakes the daughter makes in being an ideal girl who meets the standards of the society. The mother also fails to form a meaningful way of communication between her and her daughter. She seems heartless and cruel when she attempts to teach her daughter about the changes in behavior and physical developments during puberty. The mother asks her not to sit a certain way or wear her clothes a certain way or she would be named a ‘slut’. In the final lines of the story, the mother tells her daughter how daily activities such as buying bread can become a difficult task for a woman if she has an unideal persona. Girl brings out the indecency that exists in today’s society when it comes to a girl’s reputation. Sexism is experienced in many ways that are sometimes overlooked under the label of ‘being a lady’. Young girls miss out on many opportunities and face several insecurities due to this evident form of sexism that begins at home when they are young. The often unseen form of bigotry is inherited by young women who then become mothers. Once again, these mother compel the same appalling principals and standards of behavior on their daughter and the cycle continues.