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Schoolgirls : Young Women, Self-esteem, and the Confidence Gap by Peggy Orenstein in association with the American Association of University Women is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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In 1990, The American Association Of University Women Conducted A Ground-breaking Poll That Highlighted How, As Young Girls Reach Adolescence, Their Self-esteem Plummets. The Conclusion Of The Study (an Investigation That Involved Over Three Thousand Girls And Boys Between The Ages Of Nine And Fifteen And Cut Across Ethnic And Regional Lines) Was Alarming: There Is A Crisis In This Country Regarding The Way We Educate Our Daughters. In Spite Of The Changes In Women's Roles In Society - And In The Lives Of Their Own Mothers - Many American Girls Still Fall Into Traditional Patterns Of Low Self-image And Self-censorship. Girls Begin First Grade With The Same Levels Of Skill And Ambition As Boys, But, All Too Often, By The Time They Reach High School Their Doubts Have Crowded Out Their Dreams. They Emerge From Adolescence With Reduced Expectations Of Life, And Much Less Confidence In Themselves And In Their Abilities Than Boys Have.^ In Schoolgirls, Journalist Peggy Orenstein Presents The Human Side Of The Study's Disturbing Statistics, Using An Accessible, Narrative Approach To Explore The Influences Of Home, School, And Society On Adolescent Female Self-esteem And The Difference Bet

Author

Peggy Orenstein in association with the American Association of University Women

Publisher

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385425759

Subjects

Sociology, Gender Studies, Psychology