The triple bind : saving our teenage girls from today's pressures / Stephen Hinshaw ; with Rachel Kranz.

Author
Hinshaw, Stephen P. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Ballantine Books, ©2009.
Description
xx, 228 pages ; 25 cm

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    In many ways, today is the best time in history to be a girl: opportunities for a girl's success are as unlimited as her dreams. Yet societal expectations, cultural trends, and conflicting messages are creating what psychologist Stephen Hinshaw calls "the Triple Bind." Girls are now expected to excel at "girl skills," achieve "boy goals," and be models of female perfection, 100 percent of the time--putting more and more girls at risk for aggression, eating disorders, depression, and even suicide. Dr. Hinshaw shows concerned parents how to listen, learn, and help girls unlock the shackles of the Triple Bind, discussing key topics, including: how internal conflict can turn self-expression into self-destruction; how traditionally feminine qualities like empathy, self-awareness, and verbal ability can put girls at risk for anxiety, depression, and other disorders; the oversexualization of girls; and the reasons girls are channeling pressure into violence.--From publisher description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-228).
    Contents
    • Impossible expectations
    • Blue jeans and "blue" genes : depression and the Triple Bind
    • Life in the pressure cooker : impossible expectations and the culture of busy-ness
    • No place to run, no place to hide : the popular culture of "self-erasing identities"
    • When virtue is its own punishment : how empathy and verbal skills may put our girls at higher risk
    • Bratz dolls and Pussycat Dolls : teaching our girls to become sexual objects
    • The wired child : how cyberculture interferes with girls' identities
    • See Jane hit : the new culture of violence among teenage girls
    • Is there a Triple Bind solution?
    • Conclusion: Coming to terms with the Triple Bind.
    ISBN
    • 9780345503992 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 0345503996 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780345504005 ((pbk.))
    • 0345504003 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2008042781
    OCLC
    191922574
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