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Article: Recipe for proactive girls: mix equal parts "good girl" and "bad girl".(Book Review)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- August 1, 2002
- Author:
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The Secret Lives of Girls: What Good Girls Really Do--Sex Play, Aggression, and Their Guilt. By Sharon Lamb. New York: Free Press, 2002, 256 pages. Paper, $24.00.
Who is the "Good Girl"? She is the one who stands in stark contrast to those other girls. You know, those girls who enjoy sexual pleasures, delight in some forms of aggression, and are loud and boisterous. In The Secret Lives of Girls, Sharon Lamb gives us a glimpse into the lives of girls who strive to uphold the good girl image while occasionally experiencing guilty pleasures, and those girls who unfairly (and at times proudly) wear the "Bad Girl" label. Through both rich and personal narratives, Lamb ...