Venus in Blue Jeans

Why Mothers and Daughters Need to Talk about Sex

Author: Nathalie Bartle
Secondary Author: Susan Abel Lieberman
ISBN: 9780395841723

"Venus in Blue Jeans" is the first book to focus squarely on the communication between mothers and adolescent daughters on that most taboo of subjects -- sex. With rich and timely insights, Nathalie Bartle demystifies this conversation for today's well-meaning parents and adds an important new dimension to our understanding of the ways in which adolescent girls are thinging -- and talking -- about sex and sexuality.A protege of Carol Gilligan's, Bartle draws from her studies of mother-daughter communication to reveal the invaluable role moms play in helping girls place within a broader context the sexual information -- or misinformation -- they receive from peers and the media. Juxtaposing the colorful stories of 23 mother-daughter pairs, she underscores that our girls are in dire need of the full sweep of sexual information, from the emotional components of relationships to the powerful sway of desire. But how can a mother speak honestly without encouraging sex? This book points the w

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publish Date: 1998

Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Social Science / Women's Studies

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