Why is our culture so obsessed with girls' chastity? Author Jessica Valenti talks about how purity balls and "barely legal" porn both feed the same idea: That a woman's worth is between her legs.
By Tracy Clark-Flory May 16, 2009
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One minute I'm cleaning up Legos with my 3-year-old daughter. The next minute I'm conducting an impromptu anatomy lesson and desperately hoping not to flub it.
By Katherine Ozment
May 5, 2009
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Boys need rescuing from hypersexualized pubescent girls?
By Tracy Clark-Flory
July 2, 2008
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Now companies sell padded bras to 6-year-olds. Isn't it time to stop marketing grown-up sexuality to little kids?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
May 20, 2008
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A report argues that the media is hypersexualizing adolescents, leading to an "ideology of seduction."
By Tracy Clark-Flory
June 24, 2008
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Well, I suppose it had to happen eventually -- high heels for newborns.
By Sarah Hepola
June 23, 2008
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A new study from the CDC suggests that physical education can boost test scores.
By Catherine Price
March 5, 2008
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Can a freer vision of girlhood survive without reimagining boyhood?
By Tracy Clark-Flory
February 11, 2008
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India's president calls for girls to study martial arts as self-defense against rape. Why not here?
By Carol Lloyd
January 17, 2008
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Knockouts salon offers men sports, women ... and paraffin hand treatments.
By Catherine Price
December 4, 2007
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Will a new guide to wholesome girlhood fun speak to today's tweens?
By Tracy Clark-Flory
November 2, 2007
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Hours of video game play improves women's spatial abilties, says a new study.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
October 5, 2007
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Back-to-school shopping is in full swing -- so is selling sex to preteens.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
August 27, 2007
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A 9-year-old girl is banned from a boys-only day camp and offered a spa trip instead.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
August 15, 2007
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Forget the scary-skinny debate -- the new question is whether it's appropriate for girls to strut at all.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
August 15, 2007
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Study says that talking things through causes girls greater anxiety and sadness.
By Carol Lloyd
July 19, 2007
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Doctors have artificially matured egg cells harvested from prepubescent girls. Great advance for cancer patients, or ethical nightmare in the making?
By Page Rockwell
July 2, 2007
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Barbie cosmetics are coming soon to a playground near you.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
June 12, 2007
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Girls are tossing their Barbie dolls aside, in favor of dressing up virtual dolls.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
June 6, 2007
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A lengthy weekend feature looks at the challenges of girlhood through the eyes of a few affluent teens.
By Page Rockwell
April 2, 2007
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Nigerian schoolgirls pressured for sex.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
March 26, 2007
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Study says obesity could catapult your daughter into early rebellion.
By Carol Lloyd
March 15, 2007
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A parasite found in cat feces could affect your baby's gender.
By Catherine Price
March 12, 2007
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Students hope potential employers will overlook participation in online "beauty" contests.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
March 12, 2007
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In a new Mattel game, girls race candy-colored cars to the mall.
By Catherine Price
February 27, 2007
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