Girlfighting: Betrayal and Rejection among Girls
“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 ofThe 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,“Brown’s book, however, is a clear departure from the film [Mean Girls] stereotypes about dumb, mean, backstabbing girls.”-Waterville, Sunday Morning Sentinel,“Girlfightingis a serious and intelligent analysis of the cruelty and meanness involved in girls' relationships at each stage of development.”-Pyschiatric Services,