From Superwoman to Supergirl:

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From Superwoman to Supergirl

• The Construct of Teenage Girls Having it All in
  
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Overworked Mother Statistics

• New York Times 1989
• 48 of women felt that they had sacrificed too
  much for the gains made by the womens movement
• Time Magazine 1989
• 42 of women believed children suffered when
  women tried to have it all.

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Buffy Younger Version of the Superwoman?
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Books on Aggression Among Teenage Girls

• Schoolgirls by Peggy Orenstein (1994)
• The Secret Lives of Girls by Sharon Lamb (2001)
• Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons (2002)
• Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman
  (2002)
• Girl Wars by Cheryl Dellasega (2003)
• Girls and Aggression by Marlene M. Moretti

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Buffy Uses Her Prom Dress as a Source of Her Power
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Grrl Power Buffy
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Wonder Woman
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Father/Daughter Relationship of Buffy and Giles
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The Potentials Now Every Girl Is a Slayer
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Are You Ready To Be Strong?

• Heres the part where you make your choice. What
  if you could have that power? Now. In every
  generation a Slayer is born because a bunch of
  men who died thousands of years ago made up that
  ruleSo I say we change the rule. I say my power
  is our powerSlayers every one of us. Make your
  choice. Are you ready to be strong?