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Conversation Facilitation
Customers highly praise the book for its helpful suggestions on facilitating conversations about sex with girls, emphasizing the importance of communication skills, decision making abilities, and open dialogue. Some readers also appreciate the practical exercises provided in the book to help teens practice handling complicated sexual scenarios. However, a few express concerns regarding the book's potential rejection by social conservatives due to its progressive views on sex education.
Writing Style
Customers have generally positive opinions about the writing style of the book, with some finding it clear, vivid and easy to read. Others appreciate the author's exploration of young women's sexual practices and freedom in today's society. However, a few readers find the subject matter difficult at times but still consider the book informative and honest.
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Research Quality
Customers have mixed opinions on the research quality of the book with most praising its well-chosen statistics and insights drawn from academic literature while a few express disappointment over the small sample size and lack of diverse representation.
Highlights
Quality
The antidote is realistic, supportive preparation to become sexual beings imbued with the needed social skills to stay in control.
Times have changed and we all need to keep current.
This book covers an enormous amount of material, and uses interviews with many girls to illustrate the contradictory values tha... Read More
The immature, deviant sex subculture thrives on naivite.
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It does not matter what perspective i read it from it was a heart breaking read
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The images and messages girls are provided regularly is sad
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But i also feel like media is only providing the messages we want to consume
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Now i don’t think there is anything new under the sun
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Just old problems manifesting themselves in a different way
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It does feel like i am reading some sort of fiction about a distant planet as the experiences described in the book seem so bizarre
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As of 2024 the research is probably a bit dated given the new issues involving social media
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Sometimes especially if the parents are more mature the conversation is not easy to have