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: Joie (hymnia) wrote,
2009-10-24 15:09:00

Joie
hymnia
2009-10-24 15:09:00

"Incorrigible" girls

This article about the closing of a 120-year-old girls' reform school provides some interesting food for thought on how the status of girls (and teens in general) has changed over the years:

It was common practice for much of the facility's history to lock up young abuse victims rather than their abusers.

Joie

Tags: feminism, links

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There is an amber alert out that applies mainly to Georgia and Florida, so those of you who are in those areas, please take note. Details here. Joie
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