Virgin territory
Subtitle: stories from the road to womanhood
By: Cathy Alter
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781400047819
Subjects: Conduct of life; Psychology; Interpersonal relations in adolescence; Teenage girls; Adolescence
Table of contents: title: First flowering: blood, breasts, and (pap) smears; title: First frog: kissing, warts and all; title: First fixing: hair free and fat free - bod is in the details; title: First frill: bras, designer jeans, and stilettos - The glitter badges of womanhood; title: Clearing a path; title: First fiddle: fooling around and going all the way; title: First fall: love, or something like it; title: First fascination: idolatry, puppetry, and other forms of worship; title: First flash: candy from a stranger - porn, dirty books, and obscene phone calls; title: First fallacy: lies, all lies; title: First flicker: recognizing the power of T&A; title: Branching out; title: First fraternity: breaking into the boys' club; title: First field: from wage slave to career woman; title: First family: lessons learned and forgotten; title: First farewell: leaving home, breaking up, saying goodbye, and moving on.