Synopses & Reviews
Tripping the Prom Queen is an investigation of the dark secret of female friendships-the deep vein of female rivalry. Based on interviews with women across the social spectrum, Susan Shapiro Barash has exploded the myth that women are generally supportive of one another. In fact, the competition between women is more vicious precisely because it is covert. She tells us: Why women can't and won't admit to rivalry. How women are trained from an early age to compete with one another. In which areas women most heatedly compete. How rivalry is different among women than among men. The differences between competition, envy, and jealousy. When competition is healthy and when it isn't. Why women find it irresistible to trip the prom queen. Useful strategies to stop the competition and forge a new kind of relationship with other women. Tripping the Prom Queen is an engrossing exploration of bad behavior that all women will identify with, and a beacon of hope for a better, more promising future.
Review
"A helpful starting place for any woman wondering if it's possible to get what she wants without hurting or being hurt." ---Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
Tripping the Prom Queen is an investigation of the dark secret of female friendships--the deep vein of female rivalry. Based on interviews with more than 500 women the social spectrum, Susan Shapiro Barash has discovered startling facts, including that 25 percent reported that they themselves had stolen another woman's husband, lover, boyfriend or job. She explodes the myth that women are generally supportive of one another. In fact, the competition between women is more vicious precisely because it is covert. In this book she: 1. Tells us why we want to trip the prom queen in the first place. Where does this desire come from?2. Explains how rivalry is different among women than among men.3. Identifies the areas in which women most heatedly compete: looks, jobs, kids, men.4. Shows how this competition can be harmful.5. Gives useful strategies to stop the competition and have a new, healthy, kind of relationship with other women.
Synopsis
Tripping the Prom Queen is an investigation of the dark secret of female friendships-the deep vein of female rivalry. Based on interviews with women across the social spectrum, Susan Shapiro Barash has exploded the myth that women are generally supportive of one another. In fact, the competition between women is more vicious precisely because it is covert.
About the Author
Susan Shapiro Barash, an established writer of nonfiction women's issue books, has authored nine books, including A Passion for More: Wives Reveal the Affairs That Make or Break Their Marriages; Second Wives: The Pitfalls and Rewards of Marrying Widowers and Divorced Men; and Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law: Love, Hate, Rivalry and Reconciliation. She is a professor of critical thinking/gender studies at Marymount Manhattan College and a member of the Women's Leadership Board at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where she mentors graduate students. In addition to narrating audiobooks, Shelly Frasier has appeared in many independent film and theater projects in Arizona and southern California and has developed character voices for animation projects and voiceover work for commercials. She trained at the Groundlings Improv School in Hollywood and South Coast Reperatory's Professional Conservatory in Costa Mesa, California. She has performed at theaters throughout North Hollywood and Orange County. Recent performances include Blue Window, The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes Me Cry, The Haunting of Hill House, and a British farcical version of A Christmas Carol. She resides in Hollywood.