Sex for girls' pleasure? Hookup culture (TED)

Peggy Orenstein, 4/5/17; Ananda (DBM), Ashley Wells, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure | Peggy Orenstein

"I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world," says plastic surgery-loving Valeria Lukyanova, Ukraine.

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(TED) Why do girls feel empowered to engage in sexual activity but not to enjoy it? For three years, author Peggy Orenstein interviewed American girls ages 15 to 20 about their attitudes toward and experiences of sex.

It's a Barbie world so I'm a Barbie girl.

She discusses the pleasure that's largely missing from their sexual encounters and calls on us to close the "orgasm gap" by talking candidly with our girls from an early age about sex, bodies, pleasure, and intimacy.

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