Do Bratz dolls make you nauseous? Feeling pressure to be sexually aggressive? Do you abhor tight, low-rise jeans? Well, you are not alone.

ABC News reported on Friday that legions of young women are fast becoming part of a growing "modesty movement," an effort to rail against the traditionally feminist belief that sexual liberation empowers women. These women champion high necklines, looser clothing and sexually "mild" behavior. (What fun!) Although this might sound like the grumblings of sexually-repressed religious righters, its actually coming from thousands of young women from all sides of the political spectrum. They've begun to shop, read, and even blog about modesty. Many hope to resurrect the old idea that its cool to be a "good girl." 

Writer Wendy Shalit, the movement's most vocal crusader, recently published the book "Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good," a kind of modesty manifesto. The "About" section of the book's website, declares that:

"Girls Gone Mild rescues the good girl from the realm of mythology and dated manners guides to show that today’s version is the real rebel: She is not “people pleasing” or repressed; she is simply reclaiming her individuality. And it’s about time."

Shalit poses a difficult question for some feminists who are confused about a movement that challenges hyper-sexualized media representations of women while simultaneously promoting a vision of the 1950s innocent virgin in a sweater-set and pearls. In an article about the author, the Toronto Star notes that:

"Shalit is dismissed by some, including feminist writers Katha Pollitt and Camille Paglia, as anti-feminist, encouraging young women to cover up but not to hook up, and to consider chastity before marriage. Others see her as an emerging leader of fourth-wave feminism, liberating young women from having to behave, in Shalit's words, like 'adolescent males.'"

My problem with this discussion about the modesty movement is that it perpetuates the good girl versus bad girl dichotomy when there doesn’t necessarily need to be one. It reminds me of the archaic notion that there are only two kinds of women--"the madonna and the whore."