The acclaimed author of the groundbreaking bestseller "Schoolgirls" reveals the dark side of pink and pretty: the rise of the girlie-girl, she warns, is not that innocent.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow in paperback—Peggy Orenstein, author of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller Girls & Sex, turns her focus to the sexual lives of young men. "Eye-opening.... Every few pages, the boy world cracks open...

Boys & Sex von Orenstein, Peggy

An eye-opening look at how young men are experiencing sexual culture and new masculinity. von Orenstein, Peggy

Offers a clear-eyed picture of the new sexual landscape girls face, and reveals how they are negotiating it. Includes data from British and American research and surveys, plus interviews with teenage girls and experts. Endorsed by...

Peggy Orenstein's bestselling Schoolgirls is the classic study of teenage girls and self-esteem. Now Orenstein uses the same interviewing and reporting skills to examine the lives of women in their 20s, 30s and 40s. The advances of the...