Author reports 'good girls' are speaking out against promiscuity

Published: 2007-07-06

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Some girls are choosing to be mild, rejecting the wild. And mild doesn't mean meek and passive -- these girls are standing up to pressures to be promiscuous, rejecting the "Girls Gone Wild" culture, according to author Wendy Shalit, a 1997 graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts. Shalit interviewed girls and young women from across the country for her new book, "Girls Gone Mild," which profiles young women who stand up to social pressures to embrace promiscuity. Her title is a takeoff on the sexually graphic videos of college students. "It's about how people misunderstand the 'good girl,'" she told Catholic News Service in an interview in Washington July 2. She believes society often ostracizes these girls or views them as "people pleasing." Instead, she said they are actually "rebels" in choosing to go against teachers and parents to live a chaste lifestyle. Shalit wants to provide an opportunity through her book for these young women to share their stories and become role models for other young women.

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