Monday, August 14, 2006

"Girl Power" lives on

According to a recent LA Times study, today's tween girls were influenced by the "Girl Power" movement in the late 90s.
The girls of Julia's age were influenced by the late-1990s "girl power" phenomenon and now are often more accomplished, higher achievers than their male counterparts, economist and historian Neil Howe said. They're also more likely to use technology to socialize, according to the survey findings. More than half of teenage girls reported regular instant-messaging, about two-thirds report writing and reading e-mail regularly and just under half report visiting social networking sites.

"Today it's the girls at the front of generational change," Howe said.
Girls today are multitasking experts that put Martha Stewart to shame. While doing homework, they're chatting, surfing the web, sending emails and downloading music. I can't wait to see what girls are doing in 11 years when my daughter is a "tween."

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