Girls Gone Wild Part II: Girls Gone Criminally Insane

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As mass media and the Internet send increasingly violent and misogynistic messages, young girls are finding it difficult to work out appropriate ways to win friendship and support, and they “are increasingly turning to physical violence to solve their problems and to gain social acceptance,” according to a report from the Harvard School of Public Health.

In May, four Illinois high school girls soccer players were hospitalized after a postgame brawl — as parents stood by or even, police said, joined the fight.

And in photographs posted to MySpace, a social networking Web site, cheerleaders from a Texas high school were recently seen drinking, flashing their panties and holding sex toys. Classmates described the five girls as an out-of-control elite clique who routinely broke school regulations without consequence.