Going all the way : teenage girls' tales of sex, romance, and pregnancy /

Going all the way : teenage girls' tales of sex, romance, and pregnancy / Sharon Thompson.

At once an affectionate tribute and a work of social history, Going All the Way follows four hundred teenage girls' thoughts and experiences during one of the most remarkable eras in the history of sex, gender, and adolescence - the brief and amazing period when teenage girls knew of almost no...

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Main Author: Thompson, Sharon (Lecturer in law)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Hill and Wang, 1995.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Teenage girls > Sexual behavior > United States.
Teenage girls > United States > Attitudes.
Sexual practices.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Victims of Love: Romantic Expectation and Sexual Consent
  • 2. Playing the Field: Sex, Sociality, and Popularity
  • 3. Infinite Possibilities of Doing: Sexual Opportunity and the Capitalized Self
  • 4. Having my Baby: From Sex to Motherhood
  • 5. Years of Hell and Freedom: Sex, Anger, and Remedial Socialization
  • 6. Passionate Friends: Narratives of Lesbian Desire
  • 7. Precarious Time and Fugitive Passage: On Getting an Adult Lover
  • 8. The Game of Love: Equality and Romantic Strategy
  • Conclusion: Going All the Way.

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