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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Purity Myth
• Author: Jessica Valenti
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9781580053143
• ISBN: 1580053149
• ID: 04822276
• Publisher: Seal Press
• Weight: 286 g
• Dimensions: 212 × 152 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. December 2009

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