Girls encounter various forms of violence as a common part of their everyday lives. In recognition of the obstacles and challenges faced by this population, a multiphased national action study was conducted by the Alliance of Five Research Centres on Violence*. The primary focus was to examine how violence becomes normalized in the lives of girls. In this paper, we present findings from the Ontario component of the project with particular attention to sexual harassment as it is experienced and understood by girls. Findings reveal that sexual harassment occurs in a highly public manner; it is supported and condoned in subtle and explicit ways; and through its enactment, girls are continually silenced and their sense of selves diminished. Imp...
Despite high rates of gendered violence among youth, very few young women report these incidents to ...
In this paper, the continuum of violence against women is explored through numerous news media repor...
Public and scholarly interest in youth violence has steadily increased over the past twenty years, a...
This study examines teachers’ experiences witnessing and addressing the sexual harassment of girls b...
Educators in Canada have recently identified that incidents of sexual harassment between students oc...
This dissertation explores the life worlds and practices of violent school girls. After showing that...
The authors argue that because there are no groups of girls or young women that can be considered im...
Post-secondary institutions are high-risk communities for sexual violence. While sexual violence has...
Girls often find themselves at the center of a moral panic surrounding youth crime with claims that ...
Violence against women is a pervasive complex phenomenon that destroys women's feelings of love, tru...
The aim of this study was to expand our understanding of the experiences and health effects of scho...
Violence against women is a pervasive complex phenomenon that destroys women's feelings of love, tru...
The purpose of this study was to outline the processes involved in adolescent girls' responding to s...
This article presents some key findings from an exploratory study of teenage girls’ views and experi...
This pilot study examined whether aggressive responses and attitudes of high-risk adolescent girls w...
Despite high rates of gendered violence among youth, very few young women report these incidents to ...
In this paper, the continuum of violence against women is explored through numerous news media repor...
Public and scholarly interest in youth violence has steadily increased over the past twenty years, a...
This study examines teachers’ experiences witnessing and addressing the sexual harassment of girls b...
Educators in Canada have recently identified that incidents of sexual harassment between students oc...
This dissertation explores the life worlds and practices of violent school girls. After showing that...
The authors argue that because there are no groups of girls or young women that can be considered im...
Post-secondary institutions are high-risk communities for sexual violence. While sexual violence has...
Girls often find themselves at the center of a moral panic surrounding youth crime with claims that ...
Violence against women is a pervasive complex phenomenon that destroys women's feelings of love, tru...
The aim of this study was to expand our understanding of the experiences and health effects of scho...
Violence against women is a pervasive complex phenomenon that destroys women's feelings of love, tru...
The purpose of this study was to outline the processes involved in adolescent girls' responding to s...
This article presents some key findings from an exploratory study of teenage girls’ views and experi...
This pilot study examined whether aggressive responses and attitudes of high-risk adolescent girls w...
Despite high rates of gendered violence among youth, very few young women report these incidents to ...
In this paper, the continuum of violence against women is explored through numerous news media repor...
Public and scholarly interest in youth violence has steadily increased over the past twenty years, a...