A girl stood before him in midstream, alone and still, gazing out to sea. She seemed like one whom magic had changed into the likeness of a strange and beautiful seabird. Her long slender bare legs were delicate as a crane's and pure save where an emerald trail of seaweed had fashioned itself as a sign upon the flesh. Her thighs, fuller and soft-hued as ivory, were bared almost to the hips, where the white fringes of her drawers were like feathering of soft white down. Her slate-blue skirts were kilted boldly about her waist and dovetailed behind her. Her bosom was as a bird’s, soft and slight, slight and soft as the breast of some dark-plumaged dove. But her long fair hair was girlish: and girlish, and touched with the wonder of mortal beauty, her face. James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
If the girls attack … Fire Maidens from Outerspace 1956 starring Anthony Dexter & Paul Carpenter & Susan Shaw & Harry Fowler & Sydney Tafler & Jacqueline Curtis & Rodney Riak & Maya Koumani & Owen Berry & Richard Walter et al, director Cy Roth, on planet
‘I’ve never felt so passionate about anything in my life.’ Storyville: Tokyo Girls, BBC 2017, male fan
‘I’ve never seen anything like it. This isn’t a fad. It’s a religion.’ ibid.
There are around 10,000 teenage girls who call themselves idols in Japan. ibid.
‘As an idol, there’s a best-by date. I can’t do this for ever.’ ibid. idol
‘Idols used social media to lure fans to their handshake events.’ ibid. journalist
‘A CD is $10. If you buy a CD, you get a ticket to a handshake or a photo together. I spend at least $2,000 a month.’ ibid. old man
Otaku are becoming mainstream. ibid. commentator
AKB48, Japan’s most popular idol band holds an election every year. ibid.
‘If they were older, they wouldn’t interest me.’ ibid. old man fan
What kind of girl fights, steals, deals and even kills? Raw: Girls, Gangs and the Hood
Gangs of girls can and do exist outside of male influence. ibid.
Between 11 and 13 is typical for girls to get involved. ibid.
Conflicts at home can sometimes drive a young girl into the arms of a man waiting to take advantage of her. ibid.
Green grow the rashes, O,
Green grow the rashes, O;
Her patience ha’ she tried on man,
An’ then she made the lasses, O. Robert Burns
A man may drink and no be drunk;
A man may fight and no be slain;
A man may kiss a bonnie lass,
And aye be welcome back again. Robert Burns
My love she’s but a lassie yet. Robert Burns
What can a young lassie, what shall a young lassie,
What can a young lassie do wi’ an auld man? Robert Burns
There young girls who are being exploited in towns and cities, they have made an informed choice about their sexual behaviour. And therefore it is not for you police officers to get involved in. Gordon Brown, former prime minister