Navigating your teen daughter through the gossip wars

The Boston Globe
Barbara F. Meltz
March 6, 2003

The main theme of this article focuses on girls' sexual reputations in middle and high school. Yet, the reporter compares these theories with those about boys' reputations from Gender and Sexuality researcher, Deborah L. Tolman.

" Time out for a brief word about boys. They're also feeling some of the same pressures as girls, although the external messages they get are very different. Anecdotal evidence suggests they don't get reputations in the same way girls do, says psychologist Deborah Tolman, associate director at the Center for Research on Women at Wellesley College. If they do get a reputation, it's more likely to happen in high school. "