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Girl Hate And Mean Girls: Is It Insecurity Or Internalized Misogyny?
I’ve dealt with mean girls my entire life. They don’t go away after middle school and high school. I’ve also faced mean girls in college and the professional world.
By Meghan Dillon4 min read
“Girl hate” is a phenomenon where girls and women are mean to other girls and women. You may know it from movies like Mean Girls or your own high school experience. Feminists sometimes say that internalized misogyny is to blame, but the truth goes much deeper. To understand why this happens, we need to examine the psychology of this phenomenon. Spoiler alert: it has nothing to do with internalized misogyny.