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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Depending on the context, stress and anxiety are not always harmful.
Chapter 3: Reduce girls’ anxiety by helping them face, not flee from, their problems.
Chapter 4: A timid and wary girl doesn’t automatically have an anxiety disorder.
Chapter 5: Even though they surpass boys academically, girls worry more about school performance.
Chapter 6: Girls endure pervasive sexual harassment and frequently blame themselves.
Chapter 7: The cultural belief that girls must be agreeable is driving their anxiety.
Description
Under Pressure (2019) explores the particular challenges that school-aged girls face throughout their education, at home and in society at large. Drawing on her wealth of experience as a clinical psychologist, Lisa Damour explains how parents, teachers and mentors can help girls overcome the stress and anxiety that disproportionately affects young women.
Who Should Listen
- Parents hoping to brush up on their skills
- Feminists looking for fresh insights into female psychology
- Education professionals seeking to support female students