Title Page -- Dedication -- PROLOGUE -- CHAPTER 1 - LEARNING TO BE A GIRL, LEARNING TO BE AWOMAN -- Lessons in Toys: The Socialization of Girls -- Mixed Messages: What's a Girl To Think? -- Investigating Girlhood -- What About the Boys? -- Have Girls Gained Ground? -- What Does "Feminism" Mean for Girls, Anyway? -- CHAPTER 2 - GIRLS'BODIES,GIRLS'SELVES:BODYIMAGE, IDENTITY,ANDSEXUALITY -- The Body as Battle ground -- Girls and Dolls: Playing with Body Images -- Sexy from the Start -- Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Girls and Sexuality -- The "Sexually Active "Girl, Or Not -- Religion and Sexuality: Purity Balls, "Silver Ring Things," and Abstinence -- Birth Control and Sexual Health -- Heterosexism and LBTQ Girls -- Dangerous Relationships: Violence and Abuse -- Freedom and Choices -- CHAPTER 3 - "MEAN"GIRLSAND"GOOD"GIRLS:SOCIALIZATION, FRIENDSHIP,ANDAGGRESSION -- Differences Among Girls -- Friendship and Anger -- Girl Bullying -- A Tear in the Larger Fabric -- Teaching Anger -- CHAPTER 4 - GETTINGANDMAKINGTHEMESSAGE: GIRLSANDMEDIA -- Looking at Girls -- The Face of Advertising: Not the Girl Next Door -- Girlhood Becomes a Story -- Television -- Film -- Music-Girls on the Mic -- Media Literacy and Real Girl Power -- CHAPTER 5 - GIRLS FINDING THEIR FUTURES -- Zines: Chronicling Girlhood -- Girls Online -- Activist Groups for Girls -- The Importance of Title IX -- Global Girlhood -- Where Do Girls Go from Here? -- READER'S GUIDE -- FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES -- SOURCES -- INDEX -- Acknowledgements -- ABOUTTHEAUTHOR -- SELECTED TITLESFROM SEAL PRESS -- Copyright Page.