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quote 2014-03-13 16:52
Silence is deeply woven into the fabric of the female experience.
Odd Girl Out, Revised and Updated: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls - Rachel Simmons

This is so painfully true on a personal level I teared up when I first read it. 

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text 2014-03-12 20:53
Reading progress update: I've read 124 out of 412 pages.
Odd Girl Out, Revised and Updated: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls - Rachel Simmons

"Consider birthdays. "You measure how much a person actually cares by which form of communication they use," Samantha told me. "Acquaintances will write on my [Facebook] wall. A friend will text me. A best friend will call." When Samantha's best friend texted her late in the day on her birthday, she was hurt. "It kind of makes you feel like an afterthought." With girls constantly connected, they may judge and dissect even the timing of a message."

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text 2014-03-12 20:46
Reading progress update: I've read 123 out of 412 pages.
Odd Girl Out, Revised and Updated: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls - Rachel Simmons

Even when she needs a break from the drama, Facebook’s live-feed format is relentless, telling all. “You don’t even have to stalk,” Samantha told me. “Facebook does the stalking for you.”

 

 

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quote 2014-03-12 20:25
A 2010 study by the Girl Scouts found that girls downplayed their confidence, kindness, and talents online in favor of highlighting how fun, funny, and cool they were. The study suggested a girl’s social media profile was a persona she constructed, a photoshopped billboard on the information superhighway. Unlike the messiness of real life, where you might come to school wearing the “wrong” outfit or say something awkward in class, a Facebook profile is a cool, controlled social avatar intended to stand in for you. Online spaces like Facebook and Tumblr are new social proving grounds for girls, rivaling the hallways where girls show off new clothes or friends.
Odd Girl Out, Revised and Updated: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls - Rachel Simmons

It's so interesting how this is true of adults (of all genders) on social media sites. 

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text 2013-12-10 20:57
Reading progress update: I've read 18 out of 299 pages.
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Simmons, Rachel unknown Edition [Paperback(2003)] - Rachel Simmons

"Research confirms that parents and teachers discourage the emergence of physical and direct aggression in girls early on while the skirmishing of boys is either encouraged or shrugged off. In one example, a 1999 University of Michigan study found that girls were told to be quiet, speak softly, or use a 'nicer' voice about three times more often than boys, even though the boys were louder." 

 

Welcome to girls first introduction to sexist double standards. *cue my scream of rage*

 

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