Joyce T. McFadden

Joyce T. McFadden is author of the groundbreaking book Modern Mothering (originally published as Your Daughter's Bedroom: Insights for Raising Confident Women). Based on her unprecedented study of 450 women, in which women could talk about whatever was important to them, it was the women of her study who determined the book’s topic: how girls learn about sexuality from their mothers. Currently being taught in university women’s studies programs, Modern Mothering is considered “an empowering resource for mothers and daughters everywhere” by Publishers Weekly, and “a fascinating and empowering text for women of all ages” by Kirkus Review. Her research is also used as the basis for her consulting work with girls’ schools.

With an MSW from Columbia University and five years of postgraduate training in psychoanalysis, Joyce has presented on behalf of girls' sexual health at the United Nations, and her research has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, O The Oprah Magazine, The Detroit Free Press, New York Magazine’s The Cut, and CNN.com.

Learn more and see a video at www.joycemcfadden.com