The Myth Of Mean Girls Summary

The Myth Of Mean Girls The writers, Mike Males and Meda-Chesney Lind both have enough information and facts to discuss the issue of the “Mean Girls” epidemic.Males and Lind use an argumentative tone in this article, they are stating that critics most of the time label girls as “mean” or “bullies” (Males and Lind 105). The columnists provide plenty of facts stating that it is not fair to blame most of the cyber bullying and violence on girls. Everyone who participates in these wrongdoings should be punished as well. In the last paragraph they state the thesis of the article, they ended it with “ That is, why are we bullying girls?” (Males and Lind 105). Males and Lind use a lot of data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime
Reports. Also they used reports and statistics from the police and juvenile departments around the country and it reflects that the number for violence by girls has gone down tremendously. This is enough evidence for me, they are not just stating their beliefs, they actually provide proof with the reports they give us. They both do not make any opposing opinions, they are pretty set on what they believe in. I think they have very good reasoning and provide proof on where they stand on the issue.
I have been persuaded to the author's side I never really put in much thought and now that I have read the article it gives me a whole new perspective on this bullying situation. I guess it's always been assumed that girls are the big bullies and the violent ones because we are the ones with the attitude and more “catty”. However, the reports that they have included opened my eyes that actually “it's middle-aged men and women” (Males and Lind 105) that are more violent after all.