Girl Violence

The other day I was flipping through People Magazine, and I came across an article that really caught my attention. High School teen Tori Lindsay was brutally attacked by her friends and fellow cheerleaders while two boys kept a lookout . They said they wanted to teach Tori a lesson for things she had written on her Myspace page. The whole incident was also recorded because the group wanted to humiliate her by posting the incident on Myspace and YouTube. The video of Tori was released to the media by the sheriff’s office, and the 3 minute video quickly became a phenomenon. Now 8 teens (6 girls and 2 boys) all face adult charges in her beating.

There are 3,560,000 hits for “girl fight” on Google, and 69,000 hits on YouTube. Why is girl violence so widespread? I myself was once a victim of girl violence, a girl who I thought was my friend swung at me and punched me in the face when she thought something was my fault. What is the attraction of girl violence? Do girls feel more dominant or powerful? Is it a status thing? I’m interested to know what you think. Furthermore, what do you think about songs that glamorize it, like Girl Fight by Brooke Valentine featuring rap artist Lil Jon?