Our "Ideal Girl": Prescriptions of Female Adolescent Sexuality in a Feminist Mentorship Program  

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Bay-Cheng, Laina Y. ; Lewis, Amanda

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Affilia vol. 21 no. 1 (Feb. 2006), page 71-83.
Topik: adolescence; feminism; gender; sexuality
Fulltext: 71.pdf (100.3KB)

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Adolescent girls must contend with several sets of competing expectations at the discursive intersection of sexuality, age, gender, and race. This article examines howa feminist mentorship program for early adolescent girls engaged the issue of sexuality. Despite the program’s selfdescribed feminist orientation, ethnographic analysis revealed its reliance on moralistic, agebased standards of appropriate sexual interest and behavior; the suppression of sexuality; and girl-as-victim discourse. These data bolster the call for reformed, sex-positive approaches to adolescent sexuality and reveal some of the complexities involved in cross-generational feminist interventions.

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