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Direct linkBrown, Lyn Mikel; Tappan, Mark B. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008
In this chapter we explore the phenomenon of "girls fighting like guys" by listening to adolescent girls' justification for physical fighting with other girls. We argue that physical girlfighting is a particular kind of gendered performance--a performance of identity that expresses, at least in part, an answer to the question, "Who am I?"--that…
Descriptors: Females, Early Adolescents, Sexual Identity, Masculinity
