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'A challenge for boys to overcome': Peggy Orenstein on girls, sex and consent

Jeannie Yandel speaks with writer Peggy Orenstein about her new book, "Girls and Sex: Navigating The Complicated New Landscape." Orenstein talked with 70 high-school and college-aged girls while researching the book and says she was shocked to hear what she called "garden-variety stories about coercion" from nearly all the girls.

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