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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Orenstein, Peggy. Schoolgirls. New York : Anchor Books, 2000 (OCoLC)647105623 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peggy Orenstein; American Association of University Women. |
| ISBN: | 0385425767 9780385425766 |
| OCLC Number: | 44547235 |
| Description: | xxiii, 334 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : the bad news about good girls -- pt. 1. Weston Middle School -- 1. Learning silence : scenes from the class struggle -- 2. Toeing the line : schoolgirls -- 3. Fear of falling : sluts -- 4. Confronting vulnerability : the sensitive girl -- 5. Bodily harm : purging, gorging, and "delicate self-cutting" -- 6. Striking back : sexual harassment at Weston -- pt. 2. Audubon Middle School -- 7. "You people are animals" : life in the urban school -- 8. Split loyalties : homegirl vs. schoolgirl -- 9. "I choose not to go down that path" : unteachable girls -- 10. Slipping away : lost girls -- 11. Rising above : I like myself -- pt. 3. through the looking glass -- 12. Anita Hill is a boy : tales from a gender-fair classroom. |
| Other Titles: | Young women, self-esteem, and the confidence gap |
| Responsibility: | Peggy Orenstein in association with the American Association of University Women. |
Abstract:
The classic account of the hurdles facing adolescent girls in America, now reissued with a new Foreword, to coincide with the award-winning author's new book on women and identity. Inspired by a study by the American Association of University Women that showed girls' self-esteem plummeting as they reach adolescence, Peggy Orenstein spent months observing, interviewing, and getting to know dozens of girls both inside and outside the classroom at two very different schools in northern California. The result was a groundbreaking book in which she brought the disturbing statistics to life with skill and flair of an experienced journalist. Orenstein plumbs the minds of both boys and girls who have learned to equate masculinity with opportunity and assertiveness, and femininity with reserve and restraint. She demonstrates the cost of this insidious lesson, by taking us into the lives of real young women who are struggling with eating disorders, sexual harassment, and declining academic achievement, especially in math and science. Peggy Orenstein's School Girls is a classic that belongs on the shelf with the work of Carol Gilligan, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, and Mary Pipher. It continues to be read by all who care about how our schools and our society teach girls to shortchange themselves.
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