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Getting Real is frightening, confrontational and above all, a call to arms.

...Does Getting Real provide a light at the end of the tunnel? Are there any immediately identifiable solutions to the issues described? Fortunately, there are.

...a must read for anyone that cares about the future of our children, particularly those who have the power to make a difference...all adults.

Source: Eating Disorders Victoria
Reviewer: Dr Naomi Crafti, Education Officer

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... an incredibly confronting but important book ... It's a terribly bleak but necessary look at how we are eroding what was once the sacred space of childhood with a bombardment of appalling imagery and sexually suggestive ideas aimed at children, particularly at girls.

Source: MamaMia blog
Reviewer: Mia Freedman

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While some of its arguments may be hard to stomach, Getting Real might just be the book which changes the minds of some naysayers.
For others, it will be the cause for some serious soul searching about the current state of girlhood – and even more so, a call to action.

Source: West Australian
Reviewer: Tamara Hunter

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Table of Contents:

Preface: The Right of Children to be Children – Noni Hazlehurst

Introduction: The Pornification of Girlhood: We Haven’t Come a Long Way Baby – Melinda Tankard Reist

What Are the Risks of Premature Sexualisation for Children? – Emma Rush

The Seduction of Girls: The Human Cost – Maggie Hamilton

Sex on the Street: Outdoor Advertising and the Sexual Harassment of Women – Lauren Rosewarne

The Psychological and Developmental Impact of Sexualisation on Children – Louise Newman

Good is the New Bad: Rethinking Sexual Freedom – Clive Hamilton

The Faking It Project:  What Research Tells Us about Magazines in Young Women’s Lives – Selena Ewing

The Gaze that Dare Not Speak its Name: Bill Henson and Child Sexual Abuse Moral Panics – Abigail Bray

Media Glamourising of Prostitution and Other Sexually Exploitative Cultural Practices that Harm Children – Melissa Farley

The Harmful Medicalisation of Sexualised Girls – Renate Klein

Sexualised and Trivialised: Making Equality Impossible – Betty McLellan

How Girlhood Was Trashed and What We Can Do to Get it Back: A Father’s View – Steve Biddulph

Finding the Courage to Get Real – Tania Andrusiak

One Woman’s Activism: Refusing to Be Silent – Julie Gale