tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post3560955894646146022..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Women's Inhumanity to WomenStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23874238167655921422010-09-30T09:29:53.615-07:002010-09-30T09:29:53.615-07:00Are you suggesting that women who mistreat other w...Are you suggesting that women who mistreat other women are not responsible for their behavior because men made them do it?<br /><br />Isn't that demeaning to women?Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-34121526940487999922010-04-22T19:57:04.428-07:002010-04-22T19:57:04.428-07:00I would be happy to hear which facts are wrong. Fe...I would be happy to hear which facts are wrong. Feel free to correct me, or any commenter, as you wish.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-17473180477038755562010-04-16T07:35:22.015-07:002010-04-16T07:35:22.015-07:00many of your facts are wrong - this is an importan...many of your facts are wrong - this is an important case, but not given the appropriate respect when authors/bloggers don't fact check.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-36877491594797611102010-04-03T08:19:26.468-07:002010-04-03T08:19:26.468-07:00I just read it. And, not surprisingly, I agree wit...I just read it. And, not surprisingly, I agree with you entirely. Studies like these, which misunderstand the true nature of girl on girl violence, create a climate of opinion that encourages people to ignore the real violence that girls visit on girls. <br /><br />In a way, that is what happened in <br />South Hadley and in other high schools where bullying and abuse was never labelled as such.<br /><br />I was also amazed to read in the Times report that assault arrests of girls 18 and under went from 6,300 in 1981 to 13,300 in 2008.<br /><br />Instead of expressing alarm over this figure, the authors point out that in 1995 assault arrests in the same group were 16,800.<br /><br />Thus, they conclude that, based on 1995, the trend is down! As though the movement from 6,800 to 13,300, nearly doubling the number of assault arrests, is not, dare I say, arresting.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-41242259273048729422010-04-02T17:47:36.236-07:002010-04-02T17:47:36.236-07:00Stuart, I thought you might like to check out this...Stuart, I thought you might like to check out this Opinion piece in the NYXs if you haven't already seen it:<br /><br />The Myth of Mean Girls<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/opinion/02males.html?ref=opinion<br /><br />It is so wrong-headed an analysis! They describe the panic as a hoax, and they rely on reported crime statistics to prove that teenage girls are not committing violent crimes. Of course, this completely misses the point of the tactics girls employ when perpetrating aggression. Though the South Hadley crew got especially nasty and somewhat physical, it was still largely an indirect form of aggression, not easily observed by adults but conducted largely as psychological warfare. The crime stats will never tell that story.Susan Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01984275712518966508noreply@blogger.com