Reviews for Puberty, Sexuality and the Self: Girls and Boys at Adolescence

The average rating for Puberty, Sexuality and the Self: Girls and Boys at Adolescence based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-03-18 00:00:00 Dennis Barnes It's always an excellent sign when a book about something that I think about all the time changes how I think about something. I should have read this book ten years ago, but I probably got more out of it now than I would have then. Martin's perspective provides a kind of critical psychoanalytic read that I found provocative. The book was published in 1996, and the work in the area since builds on her foundation, but it's an important foundation for its psychoanalytic angle, its treatment of boys as well as girls, and its chapter on puberty itself.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-11-24 00:00:00 Justin Lund This book is fabulous! I read a chapter from it for my Human Development class and became interested enough to read the whole thing (this RARELY happens with readings for school). This thought-provoking chronicle of a research study done by the author demonstrates the powerful and very different experiences of puberty by boys and girls because of the societal response to changes occuring during this time. I recommend this book to parents, teachers (especially sex-ed instructors), therapists, and anyone else who works with adolescents.