Odd Girl Out
I’ve just started reading Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons. Excellent topic, she writes about “the Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls.” It talks about how the unlike boys, girls bully in silent, “alternative” way. Instead of using violence, they attack in a non-physical way…name-calling, hate clubs, ignoring, snickering, back-stabbing, etc…
I learned of this book while reading an article on the author in Biography magazine (January 2003 issue). It explained how she suffered when she was in grade school and when she reached college decided to research her feelings about the issue. Finding hardly anything on the subject of girls’ aggression, she began doing her own research, contact a publisher and began writing a book, to date the only book that deals directly with this subject. It is highly recommened if you have a young daughter. It gives insight into this heartbreaking but not well-known subject that can very easily target girls and affect their entire lives.
