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A Return to Modesty: Discovering the lost virtue.  Wendy Shalit
A Return to Modesty: Discovering the lost virtue. Wendy Shalit
Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful cultural practices in the west. Sheila Jeffreys
Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful cultural practices in the west. Sheila Jeffreys
Brave Little Bear. Bernadette Black
Brave Little Bear. Bernadette Black

The Butterfly Effect. Danielle Miller
The Butterfly Effect. Danielle Miller
Disposable People: New slavery in the global economy.  Kevin Bales
Disposable People: New slavery in the global economy. Kevin Bales
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Is raunch culture the new women's liberation?  Ariel Levy
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Is raunch culture the new women’s liberation? Ariel Levy

Getting Off: Pornography and the end of masculinity.  Robert Jensen
Getting Off: Pornography and the end of masculinity. Robert Jensen
Girls Gone Mild: Young women reclaim self-respect and find it's not bad to be good.  Wendy Shalit
Girls Gone Mild: Young women reclaim self-respect and find it’s not bad to be good. Wendy Shalit
The Industrial Vagina: The political economy of the global sex trade.  Sheila Jeffreys
The Industrial Vagina: The political economy of the global sex trade. Sheila Jeffreys

Infidel.  Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Infidel. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Making Sex Work: A failed experiment with legalised prostitution.  Mary Lucille Sullivan
Making Sex Work: A failed experiment with legalised prostitution. Mary Lucille Sullivan
Making Sex Work: A failed experiment with legalised prostitution.  Mary Lucille Sullivan
Making Sex Work: A failed experiment with legalised prostitution. Mary Lucille Sullivan

What's happening to our girls? Too much too soon. How our kids are overstimulated, oversold and oversexed.  Maggie Hamilton
What’s happening to our girls? Too much too soon. How our kids are overstimulated, oversold and oversexed. Maggie Hamilton
Porn Generation: How social liberation is corrupting our future.  Ben Shapiro
Porn Generation: How social liberation is corrupting our future. Ben Shapiro
Pornified: How pornography is transforming our lives, our relationships and our families. Pamela Paul
Pornified: How pornography is transforming our lives, our relationships and our families. Pamela Paul

Prostitution, Trafficking and Traumatic Stress.  Melissa Farley
Prostitution, Trafficking and Traumatic Stress. Melissa Farley
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the selves of adolescent girls.  Mary Pipher
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the selves of adolescent girls. Mary Pipher
Sex in Public: Women, outdoor advertising and public policy.  Lauren Rosewarne
Sex in Public: Women, outdoor advertising and public policy. Lauren Rosewarne

So sexy so soon: The new sexualized childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids. Diana E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne
So sexy so soon: The new sexualized childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids. Diana E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne
The idea of prostitution.  Sheila Jeffreys
The idea of prostitution. Sheila Jeffreys
The Lolita effect: The media sexualisation of young girls and what we can do about it.  M. Gigi Durham
The Lolita effect: The media sexualisation of young girls and what we can do about it. M. Gigi Durham

The thrill of the chaste: Finding fulfillment while keeping your clothes on.  Dawn Eden
The thrill of the chaste: Finding fulfillment while keeping your clothes on. Dawn Eden
Trafficked.  Kathleen Maltzahn
Trafficked. Kathleen Maltzahn
Girls like you: Five young girls, six brothers and a cultural timebomb.  Paul Sheehan
Girls like you: Five young girls, six brothers and a cultural timebomb. Paul Sheehan


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