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This 5 page paper discusses the attack being waged against adolescent girls in American society, and offers solutions for correcting the damage inflicted. Mary Pipher's book, Reviving Ophelia is cited. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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corrupted, perverted, and subverted. What this serves to do is corrupt the message that young girls receive as they are growing up and especially as they move through adolescence. Give
this, then, it is no wonder that adolescent girls suffer from a wide variety of phobias, self depreciating thoughts, and abject humiliation at their lot in life. Mary Pipher, in
her seminal work, Reviving Ophelia, discusses specific cases of girls that she has come into contact with, their stories, their fears, and offers hope for surviving and revitalizing, recapturing what
has been taken from women for too many years: their voice and their inner wisdom. In constructing his own paper, the student will want to note that the thesis
is stated in the last sentence of the introductory paragraph. This allows for a discussion of the main points, relating to the cases and points that Pipher makes as she
discusses what it is like to be a girl growing up in America. The body of the paper, then should include these elements. For example, Mary Piphers book will
inevitably bring to mind some girl, perhaps even oneself, as they currently struggle with, or have struggled with, body image. Young girls are constantly bombarded by Barbie Doll images, fairytale
romance ideas, and the subtle but pervasive message that they are second to males in this society. Many girls fit this example as they decide to accompany their boyfriends to
various activities that they would not choose for themselves, if they were given the choice. However, it is important to please and be nice and so the young adolescent female
is conditioned to put others needs before her own. Ones perspective on ones own adolescence, whether male or female, changes inevitably with the reading of this work. One is
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