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• Body Image and Teenagers - University of Arizona professor's book on body image in teenage girls, previewed.
• Bubble Gum and Birth Control - Five page article about pressure on girls to become adults before their time and examples of those who resist that force of culture.
• Cincinnati Police Investigate School Sex Reports - Yahoo report on fifth graders who paid age peer girls for sexual favors in closets during regular grammar school hours.
• Deadly Persuasion - Why women must fight the powers and pressures of advertising.
• Hijab - Amiga magazine article on the meaning for some Indian women of having to cover their face.
• Killing Us Softly - Jean Kilbourne's award winning book of that title is available on videotape.
• Letter Chastising Maiden Form Ad - About-Face writer argues against bra ad that said, "Inner beauty only goes so far." And at the bottom of ad: "Perfecting the real you."
• Lollipop Heads - Discussion at Monmouth College, N.J., about the commercial and society pressure on young women to be skinny.
• Model Thin - British Medical Association concerning fashion models concludes, "There are almost no positive role models of women, not in this undernourished group."
• Pressure Affects Learning - Pressures of sex, looks, fitting in can hurt girls' ability to learn, according to study published in the Dallas News.
• The story of Eileen Collins - Woman astronaut discusses her early years and the pressures she felt as a girl.
• They Myth That Schools Shortchange Girls - An examination of boys and girls achievement scores and the meaning of the differences.

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