Book Review
Short Summary
This book is for parents and caregivers. Best-selling author Peggy Orenstein knows that for adults to understand young women’s perspectives on sex, she had to go right to the source. That’s why she interviewed over 70 young women aged 15 to 20 to find out what their thoughts are about intimacy and sexuality are. All of the data she gathered and her wealth of knowledge and experience are in this book.
What This Book Is About
Girls & Sex challenges readers to get rid of their biases in order to provide realistic and better support to young women without fear and judgment. Some of the topics discussed in this book are:
- Understanding sexuality and pleasure
- Attraction to both boys and girls
- Orgasm, oral sex and masturbation
- Fear of rejection
- Consent, coercion and rape
- Emotional connection and casual sex
This is not a ‘how to’ manual’. Aside from insights from her interviews, the author also includes context from sociologists, psychiatrists, educators and other experts who can shed light on the way the young women of today look at sex and what we can all learn from that.
Reflection and Comments
This book answers questions but also asks many of them. How are our daughters, navigating the online hyper-sexualised world? It’s a society of casual hookups where they are taught to be empowered but at the same time objectified. A world where they are meant to please their sexual partners and be pleased themselves – and the blurred lines when it comes to consent. This book is raw and honest and really gives us a clear look at today’s view of sex and makes a very good point when it says that we still have a long way to go in terms of sex education.
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