Women and Language, September 22nd, 1996
Reviewed by Cheryl Bartholomew, George Mason University
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, by Mary Pipher, provides important testimony to the negative cultural messages which impact on young women today. Dr. Pipher, a clinical psychologist in private practice, demonstrates, via case studies, the reasons why so many adolescent girls enter therapy for serious problems such as anorexia, suicide attempts, underachievement, sexual abuse and self-mutilation. The epidemic of teenagers exhibiting emotional and physical problems stems from the negative messages our culture con...
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