Summary:
The book explores the challenges and realities young women face regarding sexuality in modern society, including topics like consent, pleasure, and the influence of pornography. It combines personal anecdotes, interviews, and research to provide insight into the sexual pressures and contradictions that affect the lives of contemporary girls and young women.
Key points:
1. Gender Bias in Sexuality: Orenstein discusses societal double standards in sex, where girls face harsher judgment than boys, leading to guilt in girls and entitlement in boys.
Books similar to "Girls & Sex":
Sexploitation
Cindy Pierce
Boys & Sex
Peggy Orenstein
Cinderella Ate My Daughter
Peggy Orenstein
The Great Sex Rescue
Sheila Wray Gregoire|Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach|Joanna Sawatsky
Pornland
Gail Dines
Asking About Sex & Growing Up
Joanna Cole
The Boundaries of Desire
Eric Berkowitz
Unscrewed
Jaclyn Friedman
The War Against Boys
Christina Hoff Sommers
Reviving Ophelia
Mary Pipher|Ruth Ross