Getting Played

In Getting Played the author is doing research on African American girls , urban inequality, and gendered violence. Recent research reveal that the intimate partner is heightend in disadvantaged urban communities. Researchers have also found that male peer support and norms favoring gender inequality, including rigid gender expectations of women and men roles in the relationship. In addition research suggests that adolescent dating violence occurs in public spaces view of peers and that gendered context of adolescence make it especially difficult to intervene in abusive dating relationships.

Miller  collected her data  by interviewing young women and young me  and collecting a survey. This survey collected general demographic and descriptive information and included questions about youth friends and social activities. It focused on three specific types of gender based agression: sexual harrasment , sexual coercion, and assault. This research was directed towards the youth. This sample was directed towards St Louis because of the  distressed urban community. Miller feel like urban violence is going on because of the type of environment people live in.
(Donisha Banks)