Rethinking Positive Adolescent Female Sexual Development

by Lisa Diamond and Lisa Diamond

This volume provides thoughtful and diverse perspectives on female adolescent sexuality. These perspectives integrate biological, cultural, and interpersonal influences on adolescent girls' sexuality, and highlight the importance of using multiple methods to investigate sexual ideation and experience. Traditional portrayals cast adolescent females as sexual gatekeepers whose primary task is to fend off boys' sexual overtures and set aside their own...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787987352
• ISBN13: 9780787987350
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"