A generation gap has emerged between parents and their girls. Mothers and fathers have little idea about the pressures and expectations their daughters face or how they feel about it. Drawing on in-depth interviews with young women and a wide range of psychologists, academics, and experts, renowned journalist and bestselling author Peggy Orenstein goes where most others fear to tread, pulling back the curtain on the hidden truths and hard lessons of girls sex lives in the modern world. In Girls and Sex, Peggy Orenstein opens up a dialogue and offers a clear-eyed picture of the new sexual landscape facing today's teens and reveals how they are negotiating it.