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Australians Exposed is a series of social reality documentaries produced exclusively for LifeStyle YOU. Each one-hour program reveals the people behind the salacious stories that fill our newspapers. First up is Girl Fight. Violence by young girls is on the rise. In the 1970s, 4% of violent assaults were carried out by women. In the 80s, that rose to 14%. By 2007, it was at a whopping 29% — nearly a third of all violent assaults. “It’s a seismic shift,” says criminologist Kerry Carrington from the Queensland University of Technology. Girl Fight examines the explosion of cases of girl on girl violence, told through the eyes of the young women themselves.
We meet Stacey, who has struggled with her violent impulses for years; and Monique, a bright and beautiful 15 year-old getting into a hell of a lot of trouble at school. We meet the desperate parents of troubled teenagers and the organisations designed to help them — and spend a hairy night on rounds with the Victoria Police. But not all violence is… well, violent. We also meet women who have harnessed their competitive spirit into contact sport. But, as Kerry Carrington points out, it’s also about role models. From Tank Girl to Sarah Conner and Tomb Raider — images of violent women surround the girls of today. Why is it OK to use violence? How much are movies and the media to blame, where girl on girl violence is sexy, and eye gouging has replaced pillow fights. Australians Exposed – Girl Fight investigates why girl on girl violence is all the rage.
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You girls need to relax. Its only a photo. The commercial to this program doesn't show these girls at all yet you're taking offence to a single photo. The program is about the violence of Australian females so regardless of heritage, they are Australian. Im looking forward to the program. It looks interesting.
As was said by edwina7 all the girls in this photo are aboriginal and to me that says this program is going to be targeting Koori girls and this is not fair as violence by women and girls is of all ages and races. I work as a female bouncer in my town and alot of the violence by women is of all races and ages. So this show had better cover a wider demographic than just koories or that is racism and targeting. Shantelle
All 4 of the girls in the photo shown seem to be of Aboriginal or Islands descent. Surely this isn't going to be indicative of the girls in the program as I'm sure plenty Caucasian girls are knock-down drag-out fighters too. I look forward to seeing it.
There are are girls of most races if you actually watch the show, be it caucasian, aboriginal, asian etc. They have chosen this group because they had a particularly interesting story not because of their race. And yeah, these girls are violent girls and in the show they talk about how that is influenced by their community, but so do the white girls.
I agree the are advertising this sow and it says ausralian girl on girl violence not Aboriginie girls violence so why isnt there any Caucasian girls? Or other mixed races? I work as a female bouncer and also when i have been out in cities violence has occured with a lot of other races not mentioning any.. THis seems to be targeting to me.