The purity myth
Subtitle: how America's obsession with virginity is hurting young women
By: Jessica Valenti.
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Emeryville, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781580052535
Subjects: Young women -- Sexual behavior -- United States; Virginity -- Social aspects -- United States
Description: "The United States is obsessed with virginity - from the media to schools to government agencies. The Purity Myth is a critique about why this is so, and why it's problematic for girls and women. Analyzing cultural stereotypes and media messages, Jessica Valenti reveals the overt and hidden ways our society links a young woman's worth to her sexuality rather than to values like honesty, kindness, and altruism."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: The lie of virginity; title: Tainted love; title: Pornography; title: Classroom chastity; title: Legislating purity; title: Forever young; title: Public punishments; title: Rethinking masculinity; title: Making sex moral; title: Losing "losing it."