London, Nov 29 (IANS) The number of teenage girls who are physically aggressive and lash out at school and at home has risen at an alarming rate in Britain, with more and more girls going in for binge drinking, and emulating male behaviour, experts said.
The disturbing trend has been noted by the British Association of Anger Management, which is dealing with increasing numbers of ‘out of control’ and aggressive young women.
The association’s findings echo statistics which found the ‘ladette’ yob culture was on the rise, with 200 women convicted of violent crime every week, reports the Daily Mail.
The number of women found guilty of murder, vicious assault or other attacks has risen by 81 percent since 1998.
Leading anger management psychotherapist Mike Fisher said there was a strong link between the rise in binge-drinking among young girls and their physical aggression.
He said: ‘Girls are generally better at dealing with their feelings, whereas boys keep it inside. However, when girls drink they are anaesthetising their feelings.
‘Suddenly they are not able to cope with their emotions appropriately, but that anger has to go somewhere. Unlike their mothers, who perhaps did not drink as much, they become violent.’
Speaking ahead of Anger Awareness Week, which begins on Wednesday, Fisher said: ‘The girls we are dealing with in schools are increasingly physically aggressive. They are tired of being pushed around by boys and they are fighting back.
