![]() ![]() (1991), the most extensive survey on gender and self-esteem ever conducted nationally, confirmed that between the ages of nine and fifteen girls suffer a tremendous decline in confidence in themselves and their competence, particularly in the areas of math and science. ![]() Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging America The American Association of University Women's report Her book chronicles her courageous, painstaking gender journey, in which she exposes the problematic reality of the loss of self-esteem which occurs among adolescent girls. What would your life be like if you were born the opposite sex? Peggy Orenstein frames her book SchoolGirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap ![]()
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