Moral panic and the Nasty Girl

Two paragraphs 7 & 8 under section “How the Nasty Girl Emerged” talks about how the media over emphasized Virk’s death and makes people more wary of girls in general. The author uses newspaper and magazine headlines as examples: “Bad girls: A brutal B.C….” “Girls’ involvement ‘exacerbates rage’” and being a ‘slut’ can get you killed”. The media used serious words to describe girls which cause more panic in people. Another example, “the girl who is charged with second-degree murder,” we are told, “could be the babysitter who minds your children”. It’s common notion that almost every girl growing up has been a babysitter. When people see the two words "babysitter" and "children" they will be immediately scared because of their parental instinct.