![]() In an age where pornography is mainstream, teen clothing seems stripper-patented, and “experts” recommend that we learn to be emotionally detached about sex, a key (and callously) targeted audience–girls–is fed up.ĭrawing on numerous studies and interviews, Shalit makes the case that today’s virulent “bad girl” mindset most truly oppresses young women. In a small town outside Philadelphia, an eleventh-grade girl, upset over a “dirty book” read aloud in English class, takes her case to the school board. Online, a nineteen-year-old describes her struggles with her mother, who she feels is pressuring her to lose her virginity. ![]() In Seattle and Pittsburgh, teenage girls protest against companies that sell sleazy clothing. Despite nearly-naked teen models posing seductively to sell us practically everything, and the proliferation of homemade sex tapes as star-making vehicles, a youth-led rebellion is already changing course. ![]() ![]() Now, in Girls Gone Mild, the brilliantly outspoken author investigates an emerging new movement. At twenty-three, Wendy Shalit punctured conventional wisdom with A Return to Modesty, arguing that our hope for true lasting love is not a problem to be fixed but rather a wonderful instinct that forms the basis for civilization. ![]()
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