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The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women Book
The United States is obsessed with virginity from the media to schools to government agencies. In The Purity Myth Jessica Valenti argues that the countryâ??s intense focus on chastity is damaging to young women. Through in-depth cultural and social analysis, Valenti reveals that powerful messaging on both extremes ranging from abstinence curriculum to Girls Gone Wildâ? infomercials place a young womanâ??s worth entirely on her sexuality. Morals are therefore linked purely to sexual behavior, rather than values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. Valenti sheds light on the value and hypocrisy around the notion that girls remain virgin until theyâ??re married by putting into context the historical question of purity, modern abstinence-only education, pornography, and public punishments for those who dare to have sex. The Purity Myth presents a revolutionary argument that girls and women are overly valued for their sexuality, as well as solutions for a future without a damaging emphasis on virginity.Read More
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- 1580052533
- 9781580052535
- Jessica Valenti
- 3 March 2009
- Avalon Publishing Group
- Hardcover (Book)
- 300
- 1st ed.
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