Boys & sex : : Young men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the new Masculinity

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Call Number: 305.235 Or, Parent Shelf 305.235 Or, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Social Science / Gender Studies / Orenstein, Peggy
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	305.235 Or	4-week checkout	Due 05-20-2024
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Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / Social Science / Gender Studies / Orenstein, Peggy	4-week checkout	Due 04-17-2024

"Peggy Orenstein's Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and galvanized conversations about young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. It also had an unintended effect on its author: Orenstein realized that talking about girls is only half the conversation. To understand girls and sex, we also need to talk about boys and sex. Today's young men are subject to the same cultural forces as their female peers. They are steeped in the distorted media images and binary stereotypes of female sexiness and toxic masculinity which shape how they, too, navigate sexual and emotional relationships. In Boys & Sex, Orenstein uses the same fascinating mix of anecdote and research to reveal how young men understand and negotiate the new rules of physical and emotional intimacy. Drawing on comprehensive interviews with young men, psychologists, academics, and experts in the field, Orenstein takes an unprecedented look at the myriad factors that are shaping boys' ideas of sex, girls, and masculinity including: locker room talk how the word "hilarious" robs boys of empathy; pornography as the new sex education; hookup culture; and consent. Bro culture and #metoo; excessive drinking and frat parties; boys' experience as victims and perpetrators of sexual violence. By exploring the complexity of young men's attitudes, beliefs, and experiences, Orenstein unravels the hidden truths, hard lessons, and important realities of boys' sex lives today. The result is a provocative and paradigm-shifting work that offers a much-needed vision of how boys can truly move forward as better men"-- Provided by publisher.

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Excellent and informative book submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on June 20, 2020, 3:15pm 5/5 stars. Orenstein has written another excellent and informative book. Yet again, I learned new information in easily engagable ways that had me wanting to share the information. As a matter of fact, I read a two-page section to my 14 and 16 year olds at dinner one night (the part about what “hook ups” are/mean to different people, and what percentage of people “hook up” by various definitions). I feel inspired to engage both my son and my daughter in new and continued ways, to make sure they are ready to be informed in the world. An outstanding book for anyone who interacts with young people or just wants to know what is going on with them.

Difficult but essential submitted by robinmariepeterson on July 12, 2023, 11:14pm This is emotionally difficult to read at times, but essential for anyone parenting a child.