The story of Phoebe Prince has shocked our community and lead to a lot of discussion about girls bullying one another, but it’s not the only case of girls bullying. There’s recently been a trend of Youtube videos of girls getting into fistfights.
This fight, uploaded today, shows two girls fighting while the person filming makes comments, puts background music, and another man watches from less than 5 feet away, and does nothing.
This one, also uploaded today, and edited with transitions and music, features sixth graders:
this news article talks about two fourteen-year-old girls who got in a fight over a boy in Lowell, MA. Fortunately, officials are doing something about this case. The girl who instigated the fight was “arrested and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. The suspect had rings on her fingers that caused cuts on the victim’s face, according to police” and “they are trying to track down the person who recorded the video. They also want to speak to the students who were watching as the fight unfolded.”
This fight, which occurred in 2008, is even more shocking. It was described as a “brutal attack by six teenagers [from 14 to 18 years old] on a sixteen year old girl. an attack, officials said, the teens filmed just so they could post it on the internet.” First, “the girl was lured to a lakeland [Florida] home, there, in a part of the attack that is not on the video, two of the girls began yelling at the victim and another girl began beating her and slamming her head into a wall. the victim lost consciousness, but when she awoke, a total of six teenage girls began beating her…the victim was prevented from leaving the house.” On the video, “the girls can be heard encouraging each other, and even worrying that one attacker will damage a nearby piece of furniture,” when she yells out “don’t hit the shelf.” Two teen boys kept watch outside, and “the victim suffered a concussion as well as damage to her left eye and left ear and numerous bruises.” All of the teenagers were charged with battery and false imprisonment. Read another article here.
Dr. Jennifer Hartstein, child and adolescent psychologist, talks about this raise in violence:
All you have to do to see the extent of this problem is type in ‘girl fight’ on Youtube and watch the hundreds of videos set to music, cheered on, and see the other people around just watching or ignoring it.
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