Contents: Introduction: Good girls versus real girls
Part I. The sexual lives of girls
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours"
Just practicing: It's in her kiss
Feminine ideals: Make-up, midriffs, and the pleasures of being objectified
Zeroing in on: Childhood innocence and the shaming of sexuality
Bodies and pleasure: If it feels good, why is it so bad?
Playing dead but feeling tingly
Wanting it and not wanting it
Two kinds of guilty pleasure
African-American girls and their secrets
Periods, pubic hair, boobies, and bodily torture
Guilty minds and sexual obsessions
Unwelcome intrusions: Sexual coercion in the lives of girls
Raising sexual girls: A few words to parents
Part II. Aggression, destruction, and being mean
A good girl doesn't do that
Dear diary, I hate her! Secret anger in girls
The aggressive acts of good girls – Zeroing in on: Pranks, mischief, and little meannesses
Getting physical: Girl athletes
Class, clothes, and cutting her down to size – Zeroing in on: Language and loudness
"I'm no sucker": Fighting and fighting back
Raising aggressive girls? – Conclusion: Welcoming sex, power, and aggression into the lives of girls.
