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A review by john5370
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein
4.0
I consider this an important book for all parents of school age children to read.
According to Girls & Sex, my head is in the sand regarding the pressures both girls and boys are experiencing today from Junior High to College. While I'm not disputing the author, after talking to my daughter and local parents, Peggy Orenstein is most accurate in describing the right side of the distribution curve. My daughter, now a HS Senior, had heard rumor of very few girls pressured to perform sex acts or provide pictures, disputing the factoid, every JH girl has been sexually harassed.
I'm not discrediting the book. I am grateful to have read it. It provides a valuable foundation for why the 'sex' talk with parents is important and what topics need to be discussed to help them to become healthy adults.
According to Girls & Sex, my head is in the sand regarding the pressures both girls and boys are experiencing today from Junior High to College. While I'm not disputing the author, after talking to my daughter and local parents, Peggy Orenstein is most accurate in describing the right side of the distribution curve. My daughter, now a HS Senior, had heard rumor of very few girls pressured to perform sex acts or provide pictures, disputing the factoid, every JH girl has been sexually harassed.
I'm not discrediting the book. I am grateful to have read it. It provides a valuable foundation for why the 'sex' talk with parents is important and what topics need to be discussed to help them to become healthy adults.