Girlfighting Betrayal and Rejection Among Girls

Browns book, however, is a clear departure from the film [Mean Girls] stereotypes about dumb, mean, backstabbing girls. - Waterville (Sunday Morning Sentinel) While schools and parents scramble to once again 'fix girls' via meanness prevention programs, Lyn Brown gives us a wider, different, and eye-opening view of the problem. . . . This is the smartest book on mean girls around. - Sharon Lamb,author of The Secret Lives of Girls This book opens discussion related to the female gender role and the socialization of girls in many different, thought provoking ways, and serves as a timely critique of the current societal messages directed toward girls. (Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy) Brown declares that to change the patterns of female animosity we must address the social environment as well as the individual. (Women's Review of Books) Girlfighting is a serious and intelligent analysis of the cruelty and meanness involved in girls' relationships at each stage of development. (Pyschiatric Services)