I had read the book in my younger years (when I was an adolescent girl myself!) and the novel had stayed with me for years. When watching the film for this assignment, I was struck how relevant the movie was to our coursework, and looking at the film with my new knowledge was rewarding and heartbreaking. The first developmental issue that stuck out for me was how little freedom the girls were given to develop independent identities. The girls are mostly referred to as a monolith “The Lisbon Girls” and neither the boys wh
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Popular Girls by Karen Shepard – Text Analysis What is the result of a spoiled girl living in the city that never sleeps, absent parents and her father’s credit card? “Popular Girls” tells the story. “Popular girls”, the title really hits the spot. And what do I mean by this? Well it’s actually quite simple. The story revolves around five, or maybe six, girls living in New York City, which is the richest city in the US, doing everything in their power to be popular. And how do they do this?
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“The fact that girls do better than boys is more to do with factors outside of the school rather than factors inside of the school.” To what extent do you agree with this view? If we look at exam results such as GCSEs and A levels there is a clear picture of girls outperforming boys. Girls are also more likely to pass their A levels and go on to university. These gender and differential educational achievement have been explained by the influence of factors both inside and outside of the school
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issue. Girls are less likely to access school, to remain in school or to achieve in education. ‘Girls make up around 56 per cent of the 77 million children not in school, and women make up two thirds of the adults who are illiterate”. Even girls who do enroll in school may have irregular attendance due to other demands on them, and the fact that their education may not be prioritized. Girls are more likely to repeat years, to drop out early and to fail key subjects, and in most countries girls are
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The affects of media on young girls self esteem and body issues Courtney Rasmussen College This research is being submitted on February 23, 2011, for E150 Success strategies course at Rasmussen College by Courtney The extreme amount of pressure to look a certain way is becoming increasingly hard on young girls. With movies and print showing more skin and adult situations intended for pre-teens and teens alike. Sexuality is also being aimed at a younger audience now days, leaving most of
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gender. “Gender is learned. Gender is what people think about being boys or girls growing into men and women. These attitudes and behaviors are learned from society and the culture that people live in. Gender is not what we “are” but what we “do” ”. Society as a whole, teachers , and parents collectively and respectively “teach” gender roles in many different ways. There are many problems if children learn that boys and girls can do only certain things. Those children may not get a chance
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“Introduction to Literature” Ann Rasmussen April 23, 2009 Barbie Doll The poem begins in a fairy-tale vein, the archaic term “girl-child” being used to underscore the mythic quality of the story. The dolls, stove, iron and lipstick are all traditional play things for young girls, but they are also markers of an identity in the making, the things that young girls grow to identify with their own social roles. The doll presents an idealized image of the body, and stove and irons tell them what
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Tolerance The short story “Brownies” by ZZ Packer is about a troop of girl scouts who are away at Camp Crescendo summer camp. The story tells of an all black Girl Scout troop of brownies who form this rivalry with all of the white girl scouts, who are known as Troop 909. As soon as the brownies arrive, some of the girls begin to question why they are at camp with white girls. Snot, one of the brownie troop members, finds out that the girls in Troop 909 are special needs children. When she discovers this
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the main character, Sammy, changes to impress a girl he’s never even talked to. From when this girl walks into the store where Sammy works, wearing only a bikini with her two friends, Sammy goes from being an average guy, thinking sexist thoughts, and quietly watching them, to being actively involved and being willing to help them. This change in opinion and character leads to Sammy making some questionable decisions. “A&P” starts with three girls walking into the A&P supermarket, where Sammy works
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how much skin girls around the country are allowed to bare. Dress codes, while usually regulating boys' slovenliness, tend to police girls for how much of their bodies are visible. Anyone who's ever painted or stood in a room surrounded by Kara Walker silhouettes can tell you that white space is defining and when we talk about dress codes, girls' skin is the white space we've all been trained to ignore in these discussions. And, while everyone is in theory affected by dress codes, girls and LGTBQ youth
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