Girls just want to be pathologized . . . (or do they?)
Mean-girl books have struck pay dirt because they hit a nerve in the national parental psyche and because the solutions they offer fit the country's conservative political mood. They speak to a current cultural hysteria about protecting children, and to our interminable, restless uncertainties about the roles and "nature" of women and men.
From the "I wish I would've written this," department: The fabulous Carol Tavris asks, Are Girls Really as Mean as Books Say They Are?
originally posted by judlew