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Girls behaving badly
- Some girls getting wilder; joining gangs & getting arrested for causing serious hurt & rioting.
- picking fights with other gangs.
- sniffing glue at HDB staircases
- sell illegal cigarettes at the housing estate opposite her school
Beyond Parental Control
- In the last two years, more Beyond Parental Control complaints were filed against girls than boys.
Generation 's': seductive, sensual & savvy
- More girls are becoming sexually active younger - some as young as 10.
- They want cash or branded goods - for sex.
- One 17-year-old, who calls herself a 'teenage Lolita', documented her sexual experiences and said she is looking for a man who can give her $500 per meeting.
- Popular advertisement websites such as SgAdsOnline and Craigslist Singapore carry advertisements of teenage girls offering one-night stands for fast cash.
Cyber Bully
- More hiding behind technology to harass their target victims online.
Video the act
- Schoolmates just stand and film attack: Student beaten up so badly she was hospitalised thrice - & no one intervened. They used their cellphones to record acts of bullying and aggression.
- They then post the video clips on free video-sharing websites like YouTube OR MMS to friends to humiliate their victims.
She joined for fun, but leaving was not so easy
- Teen's newfound 'friends' would not let her go without paying a 'penalty'. They issued an ultimatum - she had to have sex with all 15 boys in the gang, one after another, if she wanted to quit. As part of the ritual called "rolling over", they would also videotape her naked body and circulate it among their friends.
- Most of the girls in the gang considered rolling over a "normal practice" and it upset Siti greatly. "Other girls in the gang can give the boys their bodies after knowing them for one or two hours
They cut themselves to cope with hurt
- Counselors say teenage girls are more likely to practise self-mutilation.
Shiok, can slack off
- Sent out of school to replace her too-short skirt, she decided to give herself a day off to eat and play poker.
- Skipped school to smoke, drink, play cards and steal bicycles at void decks.
Why are girls behaving so badly?
Counsellors say dysfunctional media influences like pop star Britney Spears, rising materialism and weakening family bonds are possible factors.
Many girls feel pressured to look good and dress well. When they do not have the money to buy what they want, they resort to begging, borrowing, stealing or selling sex.
Bad girls, good homes
IT USED to be that bad girls who stole, fought and joined gangs mostly came from broken families. Not any more, say counsellors.
In recent years, many who face court orders or get caught by the police come from intact homes, says Dr Carol Balhetchet, director of youth services at the Singapore Children's Society.
