I was doing a google search on how to handle relational aggression, and found another article Cheryl wrote. A good number of specific suggestions.
http://www.clubmom.com/display/253394
I was doing a google search on how to handle relational aggression, and found another article Cheryl wrote. A good number of specific suggestions.
http://www.clubmom.com/display/253394
Just reviewed yet another research report that showed how often boys admit (and are even proud of) being considered a bullying type of person and how rarely girls will confess to the same. With Simon Baer Cohn’s book The Essential Difference” fresh in my mind, it’s shouldn’t be surprising that females hesitate to […]
As I mentioned in an earlier post, this past year involved many exciting projects for me. One in particular I’d like to share here was done in conjunction with Anne Marino, a social worker/actress/mom/community mobilizer/incredible gal pal I’ve known for several years.
We had a group of middle school girls examine Hamlet with a critical […]
It’s was interesting to read Demian’s last post, because the writing of my newest book just led me to revisit how women are portrayed in fairy tales. This is a well studied subject in feminist literature, but as I paged through the beautifully illustrated tales I read my own children, I realized that the female […]
That’s the title of Maureen Dowd’s editorial of the New York Times. Unfortunately, you have to purchase the right to read it online, so if you don’t buy, you’ll only be able to read the first 50 words. My local paper, York Daily Record, carries her column, so I was fortunate enough to be able […]
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The double dragon is an appropriate symbol for the topic of relational aggression and female power - two heads coming out of one body.
For in truth, the dragons exist one within the other, as both aggression and empowerment exist within each person.
Relational aggression isn't so much about a specific person, a "bitch" we love to hate, as much as a state of mind; a set of choices we all can make.
Certainly, aggressors and targets are specific roles that people do play, but the point here is that the possibility for their manifestation exists in every person.
On this healing journey, it is important to remember that the reality of an aggressor is only a choice away for each one of us.
Be willing then, to see yourself, if only in potential, in both roles - aggressor and target. Doing so will give you the blessing of insight and understanding, and with that, true empowerment.
Demian,
~"DreamSinger"
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