Girls Today...Dreams and Difficulties
Girls Studies is much more complex than its’ simple title suggests, and most likely means something different to each person. When we hear the term “girls studies”, you might automatically stop and picture your life as a young girl, or someone very similar to you; same race, culture, economic status and family background, and assume studies are done on people just like that. However, in order to make this topic worth while, studies must be done on more than the “average girl”. We have to look outside our typical “box” on this one to see and accept the differences that every young girl faces today. The introductory readings helped to narrow in on defining girl studies (not that this will ever be a narrow subject), but it helps us to see where researchers have been in the past and what they continue to believe in and study for the future. Hopefully from this we will have a better understanding of the different and often difficult struggles girls face today from not only our perspective h...