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Hard Times for Young Girls

By AAN Staff
may 21, 2002  10:55 am
Hard Times for Young Girls
John Sewell of Metro Pulse interviews two authors who have recently published books about sluts. Sounds juicy, doesn't it? But these two works -- by Emily White, former editor of The Stranger, and Leora Tanenbaum -- deconstruct the myth of the "slut," a tag aimed to alienate any girl outside the mainstream teenage girl tribe. They also expose the double standard that expects young men to experiment with sex at an early age, yet demonizes any young woman who does the same.
View full article at Metro Pulse