Female+Friendships

Girl Friendship I. Church’s views  1. Gossip  2. Church’s idea of a friend b. “A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble (NCV)” c. “Cicero defined friendship as an accord of wills, tastes, and thoughts, as a harmonious. True friendship is limited to the good, for friendship is founded on virtue and presupposes it. Friendship is born when such a person finds another whose habits and character are in agreement with his own, for friendship springs up naturally when two virtuous persons come in contact. Nothing is more lovable than virtue; nothing calls forth a more sympathetic response. Friendship of this type is necessarily are and limited to a small circle.” i When people talk about themselves they can be gossiping about others without knowing. People may be telling others about their personal thing. They tell others about their life because they need help and don’t know how to ask. I referred to a place where a girl needed help on what she should do about friend how talks to others about her personal life which is giving her and her friend a bad reputation. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 200%;">ii A Church’s description of a good friend is someone who you find that has the same taste and sometimes thoughts on things. Also they say a “Friendships is born when such a person finds another whose habits and character are in agreement with his own, for friendships springs up naturally when two virtuous persons come in contact.” The church says that friendships naturally occur. <span style="line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level5 lfo2; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: 200%;">- Abbey Chick Media Affect on Girl Relationships - Caroline Mackrides

<span style="color: #bd42a5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Media shapes teenagers habits in today's society extremely. Gossip can affect girls in a variety of ways. Gossip can cause humiliation, ruin peoples reputations, and cause doubts in friendships. Gossip can also cause lost self-esteem, in 2000, studies showed that 86% of girls are on a diet because they believe that they should be on one. Gossip is unlike physical fights, gossip travels through many different people. In physical fights there is a winner. With gossip, no one comes out as a winner. Damage is done to the reputations of both the gossiper and person that is being talked about. In teenage years, young adults are in a stage where they want to be accepted by their peers. Because of that, teenage girls especially will turn to gossip and making fun of people just to feel cool. The typical stereotype in teenager girls that the media and books portray is that popular, pretty girl always treats others with disrespect and belittles them.

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** BOY RELATIONSHIPS ** o A study that was performed by Lawrence Owens, Phillip Slee, and Rosalyn Shute in //School Psychology International// o This study showed that young teenage girls participated in these events because of boredom, lack of excitement, inclusion in the right group, self-protection, jealousy over appearance and close friendship, competition for boys, revenge and finally friendship. o This plays a high role in girl relationships or friendships o This keeps a girl’s social standing in place or raise their self-esteem o Behavior can be influenced, gossip can be spread and started, and they can choose sides over who is wrong and right in the situation o Role models on TV and in books, magazines, and movies, and TV shows are influences for young teenage girls o This makes these things, that the girls are watching, okay to do and act like o It gives them a way to handle problems and its acceptable to them while be able to gain attention and be the “one-on-top”
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o In middle and high school, girls can be grouped into social “cliques.” o Each clique has leaders which can influence and force other girls to things. o Boys play major factors in changing girls attitudes and their personalities o Gossip and rumors can also affect how girls feel and think about boys. o For most girls, it is a competition with boys and there is also jealousy which affects their friendships and relationships with other girl-friends o Girls can feel embarrassed and ashamed about not having relationships with boys which causes peer pressure
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