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Posted by Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen Jul 30, 2007 |
The summer 2007 issue of Time featured a short article on Fatal Femmes Fighting called "It's Ladies' Fight." Reading about women pummeling each other practically to death was interesting -- and then the next day I discovered "Anger, Depression Much Higher Among Jailed Teen Girls Than Boys" on Science Daily.
Are women getting more violent?
I've never been in a fight with another woman (or man, for that matter, unless you count the guy who tried to rape me) -- and I've never been tempted to punch, scratch, bite or kick anyone. Unless you count my sister. But that doesn't count because sisters are supposed to fight like cats and dogs.
It's a little scary that aggression in girls and women is becoming common, even publicized like Fatal Femmes Fighting. I like the idea of women being nurturing, warm, smart, kind and capable of handling a dozen things at once (like Claire Huxtable). Knowing that they find "the ability to break someone's arm" cool opens a whole new world.
It's not necessarily bad, it's just different than the traditional woman who holds down a high-powered job, waits until she's in her late 30's to get married and have kids, and pushes past the glass ceiling. Now she's "grounding and pounding" her peers.
Fight Club For Girls proves that we've come a long way, baby.