Odd girl out : the hidden culture of aggression in girls

Simmons, Rachel 1974- (Author).

Summary: There is little sugar but lots of spice in journalist Rachel Simmons's brave and brilliant book that skewers the stereotype of girls as the kinder, gentler gender. Odd Girl Out begins with the premise that girls are socialized to be sweet with a double bind: they must value friendships; but they must not express the anger that might destroy them. Lacking cultural permission to acknowledge conflict, girls develop what Simmons calls "a hidden culture of silent and indirect aggression." The author, who visited 30 schools and talked to 300 girls, catalogues chilling and heartbreaking acts of aggression, including the silent treatment, note-passing, glaring, gossiping, ganging up, fashion police, and being nice in private/mean in public. She decodes the vocabulary of these sneak attacks, explaining, for example, three ways to parse the meaning of "I'm fat."--Amazon.

Record details

ISBN: 9780547520193
ISBN: 0547520190
Physical Description: print
xix, 412 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First Mariner books edition.
Publisher: Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-386) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The hidden culture of aggression in girls -- Intimate enemies -- The truth hurts -- BFF 2.0, cyber bullying and cyberdrama -- She's all that -- The bully in the mirror -- Popular -- Resistance -- Parents speak -- Helping her through drama, bullying, and everything in between -- Raising kids in a digital age -- The road ahead for educators and administrators.