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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458880503321

Autore

Sax Leonard

Titolo

Girls on the edge : the four factors driving the new crisis for girls : sexual identity, the cyberbubble, obsessions, environmental toxins / / Leonard Sax ; designed by Pauline Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Basic Books, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

0-465-02818-7

1-282-74584-0

9786612745843

0-465-02156-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

305.23082

305.2352

Soggetti

Girls - Psychology

Girls - Health and hygiene

Gender identity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction Three Girls; 1 First Factor Sexual Identity; 2 Second Factor The Cyberbubble; 3 Third Factor Obsessions; 4 Fourth Factor Environmental Toxins; 5 Mind; 6 Body; 7 Spirit; Acknowledgments; Notes; Permission Credits; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author of Boys Adrift argues that young women today are at risk, and shows what we can do to help girls achieve their potential