![]() ![]() ![]() Here, for the first time, are girls' unmuted voices from the front lines of adolescence, personal and painfully honest. Yet girls often blame themselves or their families for this "problem with no name" instead of looking at the world around them. Despite the advances of feminism, escalating levels of sexism and violence - from undervalued intelligence to sexual harassment in elementary school - cause girls to stifle their creative spirit and natural impulses, which, ultimately, destroys their self-esteem. Mary Pipher, a clinical psychologist who has treated girls for more than twenty years, we live in a look-obsessed, media-saturated, "girl-poisoning" culture. Why are more American adolescent girls prey to depression, eating disorders, addictions, and suicide attempts than ever before? According to Dr. ![]()
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