"Girls are worse": Drama queens, ghetto girls, tomboys, and the meaning of girl fights

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1298-1334

  Waldron, Linda M ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

femininity; fighting; intersectional; relational aggression; youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255176975     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10382031     Document Type: Article

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