Career
Levine has written on sex, gender, aging, consumerism, and culture for dozens of national magazines and newspapers, including Harper"s, The New York Times, Vogue, American Association of Retired Persons The Magazine, and salon.com. Her column "Poli Psy" in the Vermont weekly Seven Days was named Best Political Column in 2006 by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. She also has written columns for New York Woman and oxygen.com.
Levine is best known for her 2002 book Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex, in which she suggests liberalization of age-of-consent laws in the United States and the conception of minors as sexual beings, which Levine argues is extant in Western Europe.
Levine argues for weakening most United States laws governing possession of child pornography, the access of abortions to minors, and conduct classified as statutory rape. Conservative commentators have heavily criticized her work.
Its publication by the University of Minnesota Press caused controversy in the Minnesota state legislature. The book was also widely praised by advocates of liberalization and educators.
Not Buying lieutenant has been translated into five languages.
