Girls' Violence

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The paper refers to several works that argue that violence amongst girls is a manifestation of a larger problem that is a societal marginilization of females, especially young and teenage girls. The paper explains that in order to break from this stagnation, girls have turned inward, creating an artificial hierarchy of power that can serve as a substitute for the real society that they do not feel a part of.

From the Paper:

"This theme of contextual construction of unequal power relations and gender asymmetries as the reason for the increase in the rate of violence among girls is a theme that runs across all the essays found in the anthology entitled Girls' Violence. The book, which is a collection of scholarly articles on the topic of girls and violence, brings together an international view on the subject. Such questions as whether or not violent acts committed by females has actually increased or is the phenomena more akin to a recent uncovering of the truth that has always been there and that the media has recently focused on."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alder, Christine. (2004): Girls' Violence. Albany: State University of New York Press.
• Dellasega, Cheryl. (2003): Girl Wars: 12 Strategies that Will End Female Bullying. New York: Simon & Schuster.
• Schram, Pamela J.J. (2004): Gendered (in)Justice: Theory and Practice in Feminist Criminology. Chicago: Waveland Press, Inc.

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