The contributors do not merely accept the labelling of some young womenas "problems", but instead look behind the labels and challenge thecategories and assumptions about these young women.
The chapters explore issues as diverse as poverty, violent young women,mental health, the impact of sex and sexuality on young women, and theirrelationships with, and informal exclusion from, school. It concludesthat "problem" girls are both a social construction and uniqueindividuals.
The contributors emphasise the negative impact of dominant culturalattitudes about behaviour and expectations on girls and women in the UKand demonstrate how this impacts on those already seen as a"problem".
Problem Girls is an important reminder that the categories of youngpeople that we use - teenage parents, young offenders, young Black andminority ethnic people - mask the differences between young women andyoung men, and may lead to services and support being less effective,responsive and comprehending of their situations. This is a criticalpoint, which the YWCA also made in their recent response to the YouthMatters green paper.
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