Results tagged “girls” from Heartland Happenings from www.heartlandcounseling.org
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/sfri-tgs050808.php
Girls and women have made dramatic strides toward gender equality in the United States. Role models and opportunities for girls in science, technology, and sports exist today that were not available 50 years ago. Despite these advances, results from a new study show that teenage girls from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds continue to experience sexism. The findings are from a study of 600 girls between the ages of 12 and 18 from California and Georgia. The girls were Latina (49%), White (23%), African American (9 %), Asian American (7.5%), and multi-ethnic or other (7.5%), and came from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. The study, the first to examine social and individual influences on girls’ personal experiences of sexism, was carried out by researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz and the University of Kentucky. It appears in the May/June 2008 issue of the journal Child Development.
Girls and women have made dramatic strides toward gender equality in the United States. Role models and opportunities for girls in science, technology, and sports exist today that were not available 50 years ago. Despite these advances, results from a new study show that teenage girls from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds continue to experience sexism. The findings are from a study of 600 girls between the ages of 12 and 18 from California and Georgia. The girls were Latina (49%), White (23%), African American (9 %), Asian American (7.5%), and multi-ethnic or other (7.5%), and came from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. The study, the first to examine social and individual influences on girls’ personal experiences of sexism, was carried out by researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz and the University of Kentucky. It appears in the May/June 2008 issue of the journal Child Development.
Web Site Promotes Plastic Surgery and Diet Pills - Miss Bimbo, an online Internet game, is
being targeted to girls 9 to 16 in which they can earn “bimbo dollars” to purchase breast
implants, other plastic surgeries and diet pills. The Web site was initially introduced in France
and then promoted in Britain. Parents have expressed outrage and concern. The medical
community has also drawn issue with the site due to the increasing number of teenagers
undergoing breast enlargement procedures.
Anorexia groups believe the site further encourages young girls who are already vulnerable to
developing eating disorders. Nicholas Jacquart set up the site and suggests that the game is
harmless. The question remains - will the majority of the young girls playing this game interpret
the information in a way that compromises their self image, or are they capable of seeing it as an
ironic poke at today’s culture?
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3613881.ece
being targeted to girls 9 to 16 in which they can earn “bimbo dollars” to purchase breast
implants, other plastic surgeries and diet pills. The Web site was initially introduced in France
and then promoted in Britain. Parents have expressed outrage and concern. The medical
community has also drawn issue with the site due to the increasing number of teenagers
undergoing breast enlargement procedures.
Anorexia groups believe the site further encourages young girls who are already vulnerable to
developing eating disorders. Nicholas Jacquart set up the site and suggests that the game is
harmless. The question remains - will the majority of the young girls playing this game interpret
the information in a way that compromises their self image, or are they capable of seeing it as an
ironic poke at today’s culture?
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article3613881.ece
