| Lately in the news, especially the American media, girl | | | | that everything is gang related, or that these girls are |
| fights in schools have become a prime concern. | | | | fighting simply to get some kind of negative fame on |
| Concerned parents are worried that their daughters | | | | the Internet. The truth is that our culture is merely |
| are growing up to become more violent than they | | | | encouraging violence through entertainment like rap |
| ever were, solving more problems with cat fights | | | | songs which have actually had a hit single called "girl |
| than by diplomatic resolution. Girl fights seem to | | | | fight" recently. How can that really be argued |
| appear as a front page news item every month | | | | against? |
| these days, thanks especially to the accessibility of | | | | School girl fights may very well be an epidemic, but |
| technology like cell phone cameras and the ease of | | | | there is no easy fix to this strange problem. The |
| putting them onto the video sharing website | | | | culture is in a downward spiral if girls are insisting that |
| YouTube. | | | | the only way to handle jealousy over a boyfriend or |
| YouTube has been mentioned many different times | | | | money is to beat each other up after school. Many |
| in relation to girl fights and cat fights in middle schools | | | | girls will attack each other in groups which is gang like |
| and high schools. Parents, school officials, and law | | | | behavior even if they are not in gangs during these |
| enforcement authorities who don't understand the | | | | girl fights. |
| culture of these street fighting girls seem to think | | | | |