‘Mean Girls’ Author Talks To Teens
Christine S. Moyer writes about a presentation by Rosalind Wiseman:
Wiseman is the author of several books, including Queen Bees & Wannabes, which inspired the 2004 movie, Mean Girls.
And during an assembly Wednesday, Wiseman used a melange of personal stories, clips and a power point presentation to urge students to look beyond cultural expectations of how they should act and to demand dignity for themselves and for their classmates.
“I don’t care if you’re friends. I don’t care if you like each other. What this is about (today) is saying it stops here. Dignity is not negotiable,” Wiseman told the teens.
Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Wiseman teaches youths and adults about bullying behavior in schools and society and how to prevent it.
I think girls often bully harsher than boys, because society tells them to remain lady-like. Where boys can just wrestle with each other and swear, girls often resort to passive aggressive attacks which actually have harsher long-term effects. For example, girls may trash talk their friends behind their friends backs. Also, they may use social isolation and deep-cutting vindictive insults.
Boys tend to use their fists more often. Girls use their minds. And, despite old sayings, in the long run words hurt more than sticks and stones.
What do you think?
