Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

What is the main conflict in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates?

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Connie is a fifteen-year-old teenager growing up in suburbia in the 1960s. She is preoccupied with typical teenage concerns: her looks and popular music. She argues with her mother, makes fun of her older, plainer sister, and hangs out with her friends in restaurants, movie theaters, and shopping malls. During these summertime social ventures, she and her friends try to attract the attention of the older high-school boys. One evening, while on a date, Connie notices a boy with black hair and a gold "jalopy"-a beat-up sports car-staring at her. We see the boy as a sexual predetor and Connie is in danger.