{Girls & Sex & Peggy Orenstein}

When writing about the "princess myth" in my books and articles, I have often quoted the wonderful Peggy Orenstein who has been chronicling the lives of girls for over 25 years. I first discovered her insightful work in her 2011 book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter. 

Peggy's latest book, Girls & Sex, "looks at how pop culture and pornography affect the sexual expectations that girls put on themselves and that boys project on them." Read her interview with Terry Gross on "Fresh Air"...where Peggy shares when her "daughter was heading toward adolescence, it put her in a bit of a panic because she'd heard so much about how girls were treated in the so called hook-up culture."  

Peggy's work, and these illuminating interviews on NPR, are not just for parents, but for all of us who have received "mixed messages" about self-esteem and appearance, sex and pleasure....