March 2, 2002

5:39 AM

Girls just want to be mean (NYT reg req) Here is where the A-List exists and thrives. "... Girls were just as aggressive as boys, though in a different way. They were not as likely to engage in physical fights, for example, but their superior social intelligence enabled them to wage complicated battles with other girls aimed at damaging relationships or reputations. Girls frequently attack within tightly knit friendship networks, making aggression harder to identify and intensifying the damage to the victims. Girls fight with body language and relationships instead of fists and knives. In this world, friendship is a weapon, and the sting of a shout pales in comparison to a day of someone's silence ..." Is this the world that delivers both Sarah Hughes and Cam Girls Gone Wild (nb mild skin)? PS I wonder which female friends today were R.M.G.s at school.
posted by Voyageman (4 comments total)

We talked about this very article last week, Voyageman, but what's really cool is that you were attributed as the source in the original thread. Small world, huh?
posted by headspace at 6:05 AM on March 2, 2002

And I was just (belatedly) following up on the comment suggesting to post it to the front page. I can't believe I missed it. Thats what happens when I dont read this religiously every day. My apologies. See you all in post deletion hell.
posted by Voyageman at 6:11 AM on March 2, 2002

PS headspace-many thanks for being so noble and gentle on me re this embarrasing double (triple) most. Much appreciated and wont be forgotten.
posted by Voyageman at 6:14 AM on March 2, 2002

Nice for me: I am senile and I may hve or may not have seen this from you previously. Everyday is a spaniking new day with nothing from previous days in my skull...I live in virginal world--ah, brave new world!
posted by Postroad at 6:39 AM on March 2, 2002