Topics explored include gender roles, body image concerns, relationships with family and peers, sexual decision-making, experiences at school and community, and health and safety concernshttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/en-usTue, 14 Apr 2026 11:54:43 EDTAdolescent GirlsPrenatal exposure to male hormones influence which activities girls are interested in, but effects of those hormones do not extend to gender identity or who they socialize withhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/881.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/881.phpThu, 01 Mar 2018 16:58:32 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsGirls who get periods early more psychologically vulnerable as teenagers with more frequent and severe mental health problems, from depression to anxiety, eating disorders, delinquency, substance abuse and failing or dropping out of schoolhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/879.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/879.phpThu, 01 Mar 2018 11:53:01 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsImages of thin female bodies with protruding bones and skinny limbs posted on social media with hashtags #Bonespiration and #Thinspirationhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/825.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/825.phpMon, 23 Oct 2017 14:23:59 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsResearch reveals stereotyping affects girls as young as 6 years old, often influencing their activity choiceshttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/686.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/686.phpFri, 27 Jan 2017 08:49:16 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsResearch reveals girls from low-income families in the U.S. are unprepared for puberty and have largely negative experiences of this transitionhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/661.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/661.phpThu, 05 Jan 2017 16:42:31 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsAround 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)https://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/553.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/553.phpMon, 02 Nov 2015 09:40:51 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsStudy raises questions about how schools and parents approach talking about drinking and sex.https://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/531.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/531.phpFri, 16 Oct 2015 12:36:56 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsGirls, who defy traditional gender scripts by having sex, lose both male and female friendships, but boys who defy gender scripts by making out without having sex mainly lose male friendshttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/486.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/486.phpSat, 29 Aug 2015 11:15:32 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsStudy documents extent of unexpected sexual consequences for young women who drink alcohol - Could lead to interventions that encourage safer behaviors in young women and menhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/475.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/475.phpFri, 21 Aug 2015 12:27:35 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsNew research reveals more than four in ten teenage schoolgirls have experienced sexual coercionhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/408.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/408.phpFri, 13 Feb 2015 08:32:47 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsThe HPV vaccine protects against 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts caseshttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/349.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/349.phpThu, 22 Jan 2015 16:01:05 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsStudy participants in the My Voice, My Choice program practiced saying no to unwanted sexual advances in an immersive virtual environmenthttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/347.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/347.phpWed, 21 Jan 2015 14:49:46 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsStudy shows mental health impact of breast size differences in teens as symmetry affects self-esteem and emotional healthhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/223.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/223.phpMon, 24 Nov 2014 14:55:29 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsStudy highlights the risk that female teenagers face when they go online, often heightened for teen girls who have been victims of abuse or neglecthttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/50.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/50.phpSat, 11 Oct 2014 17:57:04 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsUNICEF data reveals magnitude of violence against adolescent girls and alarming attitudes that perpetuate such abusehttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/44.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/44.phpFri, 10 Oct 2014 11:31:21 EDTSexualDiversity.orgAdolescent GirlsStudy reveals adolescent girls having a romantic relationship play out differently than they imagined has negative implications for their mental healthhttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/38.phphttps://www.sexualdiversity.org/sexuality/adolescent/girls/38.phpWed, 08 Oct 2014 14:28:50 EDTSexualDiversity.org