Girl-On-Girl Fight Trend Growing Online

POLK COUNTY, Fla. -- Behavioral experts said girls are the worst offenders for the type of bullying associated with a recent attack described as "animalistic" in which a group of six girls pummeled a classmate for 30 minutes until she passed out.

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http://www.local6.com/news/15831787/detail.html

Are YouTube, MySpace causing teen girls to attack?

There are many, many high school-age fight videos on YouTube. Just search "school fight" and order the results by date. Kids of all genders, colors, ages and nationalities are fighting, all over the world. And obviously, there's often a kid with a cellphone present to record it.

But here's a moment to be wary of hasty conclusions. Before we turn into a society of cart-drawn horses that blames everything on the proliferation of digital and the consequent extinction of morality, let's wait until we get some science happening.

In this case, you'd want to start with the question: Are kids fighting more frequently now?

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/04/is-youtube-real.html

YouTube Girl Fight Could Result in Life in Prison

(CNN) -- Eight Florida teenagers -- six of them girls -- will be tried as adults and could be sentenced to life in prison for their alleged roles in the videotaped beating of another teen, the state attorney's office said Thursday.

The suspects, who range in age from 14 to 18, all face charges of kidnapping, which is a first-degree felony, and battery, said Chip Thullbery, a spokesman for the Polk County state attorney. Three of them are also charged with tampering with a witness.

Everyone involved in the case was under a gag order imposed by a judge. The only attorney for the teens who has been publicly identified did not return calls from CNN, and his assistant cited the gag order as the reason. The teens are scheduled for their first appearance in court Friday.

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/10/girl.fights/

Girl Fights on the Rise!

It seems that every day a new girlfight erupts online. Mostly high school and college aged girls are routinely caught in the most brutal of confrontations. Parents and authorities have tried to brainstorm for ideas on how to combat this, however with ease of the camera phone and their increasing popularity online, this trend will only grow.