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  The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women (Paperback) By (author) Jessica Valenti

  

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  Short Description for The Purity MythThe United States is obsessed with virginity -- from the media to schools to government agencies. In "The Purity Myth, " Jessica Valenti argues that the country'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-only curriculum to "Girls Gone Wild" infomercials --
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  • Publisher: Avalon Publishing Group
  • Published: 04 March 2010
  • Format: Paperback 272 pages
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  • Categories: Gender Studies: Women | Sexual Behaviour
  • ISBN 13: 9781580053143 ISBN 10: 1580053149
  • Sales rank: 27,665

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Full description for The Purity Myth

• The United States is obsessed with virginity -- from the media to schools to government agencies. In"The Purity Myth, "Jessica Valenti argues that the country'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-only curriculum to "Girls Gone Wild" infomercials -- place a young woman'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 virgins until they'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.