Most young girls understand the cultural expectation to be pretty before they know how to read or write. Most young girls understand the cultural expectation to be pretty before they know how to read ...

National Correspondent, "CBS News Sunday Morning" Rita Braver is a national correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning," where she reports on everything from arts and culture to politics and foreign ...

More girls are hitting puberty at eight or earlier. Researchers are exploring the causes, the consequences and what should be done.

It’s been a long journey for “Girls Like Girls.” First there was the Hayley Kiyoko song in 2015, then a viral music video. Then, Kiyoko wrote a 2023 novel with the same title. Now, that book has been ...

As the evidence has grown that the nation is in the midst of a youth mental health crisis, it’s also shown that girls are at particular risk for mental health problems. Now, a new survey of thousands ...

Though she's played fantastical characters from nearly every corner of the imagination, Auli'i Cravalho says playing Janis 'Imi'ike, a new take on the iconic Mean Girls character, was one of her most ...

It’s Women’s History Month, but this tale isn’t from the archives. On Thursday, March 11, a public charter school will argue before a U.S. court of appeals for the right to force girls to wear skirts ...

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"Mean Girls" centers around the characters' junior year in high school, making most of the characters around the age of 16. However, some of the cast members were as old as 26 at the time of filming.