Sociology 2267A/B Chapter 7: Chapter 7
21 Mar 2014
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Cohen: his formulation of gang delinquency does not apply to girls because their wrongdoing is of sexual nature: it is pursued individually rather than collectively, girls have problems of adjustment (like boys) but because they are not chasing the same goals as boys, their mode of adaptation is also different, disreputable in ways that are characteristically masculine and feminine. Mean and nasty girls: growing female violence in the 1990s moral panic, nasty girl" construct was part of a backlash against feminism, the degree of aggressiveness exhibited by girls has been underestimated in prior studies, largely because forms of aggression relevant to girl"s peer groups have not been assess (like emotional bullying, girls aggression is mainly emotional and focuses on spreading of false rumours, premeditated manipulation, and verbal abuse, a preoccupation with male physical aggression now balanced by an equal concern with female relational aggression.
