Negative Stereotypes of Girls Do More Harm Than Good

To the Editor:

Although it was a true change to see an article exclusively devoted to the topic of girls, I was appalled at Susan Gray's article ("Keeping Girls Out of Trouble," September 18). The headline, photos, and general tone of the article -- as well as the accompanying article on the Girl Scouts ("Girl Scouts Take On Inner Cities") -- perpetuate a long history of deficit-based and stereotypic depictions of young girls in our society. Such depictions