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The Triple Bind

Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today's Pressures

By: Rachel Kranz, Stephen Hinshaw

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Paperback | 29 December 2009 | Edition Number 1

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The Triple Bind that girls face today:
- Act sweet and nice
- Be a star athlete and get straight A's
- Seem sexy and hot even if you're not
In many ways, today is the best time in history to be a girl: Opportunities for a girl's success are as unlimited as her dreams. Yet societal expectations, cultural trends, and conflicting messages are creating what psychologist and researcher Stephen Hinshaw calls "the Triple Bind." Girls are now expected to excel at "girl skills," achieve "boy goals," and be models of female perfection, 100 percent of the time. Here, Dr. Hinshaw reveals key aspects of the Triple Bind, including
- genes, hormones, and the role of biology in confronting the Triple Bind
- overscheduled lives and how the high pressure to excel at everything sets girls up for crisis
- how traditionally feminine qualities (such as empathy and self-awareness) can put girls at risk for anxiety, depression, and other disorders
- the oversexualization of little girls, preteens, and teenagers
- the reasons girls are channeling pressure into violence
Combining moving personal stories with extensive research, Dr. Hinshaw provides tools for parents who want to empower their daughters to deal in healthy ways with today's pressures.

Industry Reviews

"Highly readable, fascinating account of the lives of contemporary young women ... In probing chapters that deftly synthesize sobering statistics, case anecdotes, and personal observation, Hinshaw makes a strong case that teen girls are in crisis ... This balanced, thorough, compassionate title is required reading for parents, teachers, and teens of both sexes."
-- Booklist

"If you read any book about girls in the next decade, make it The Triple Bind. Dr. Hinshaw masterfully articulates the intense and hidden pressures that every one of our daughters endures. Most important, he offers us solutions."
-Dr. Meg Meeker, author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

"Society is failing today's girls, pressuring them to achieve success at levels they cannot possibly attain. Now that Stephen Hinshaw has named and explained The Triple Bind, it's up to all of us to better support the healthy development and inner well-being of girls. A must-read."
-Diane E. Levin, Ph.D., coauthor of So Sexy So Soon

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Age Groups Age Groups for Adolescents Psychology Child & Developmental Psychology Philosophy Family & Health Parenting: Advice & Issues Child Care & Upbringing Advice for Parents of Teenagers

Fiction Modern & Contemporary Fiction Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls

Introduction: Girls in Crisis	p. ix
Impossible Expectations	p. 3
Blue Jeans and "Blue" Genes: Depression and the Triple Bind	p. 27
Life in the Pressure Cooker: Impossible Expectations and the Culture of Busy-ness	p. 47
No Place to Run, No Place to Hide: The Popular Culture of "Self-Erasing Identities"	p. 68
When Virtue Is Its Own Punishment: How Empathy and Verbal Skills May Put Our Girls at Higher Risk	p. 86
Bratz Dolls and Pussycat Dolls: Teaching Our Girls to Become Sexual Objects	p. 103
The Wired Child: How Cyberculture Interferes With Girls' Identities	p. 126
See Jane Hit: The New Culture of Violence Among Teenage Girls	p. 143
Is There a Triple Bind Solution?	p. 159
Conclusion: Coming to Terms With the Triple Bind	p. 177
Resources	p. 179
Acknowledgments	p. 185
Notes	p. 187
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