false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176408645m/622683.jpg 622683 10 Part memoir, part exposé, <i>Promiscuities</i> is Naomi Wolf's (author of <i>The Beauty Myth</i> and <i>Fire with Fire</i>) perspective on the confusion surrounding female sexuality. According to Wolf, promiscuous is "a word that holds within it the mixed message girls today are given about sex: 'You're promiscuous if you do anything, but you are a prude if you do nothing.'" Thus, still polarized on the spectrum between virgin and whore, adolescent girls are allowed little information and even fewer healthy outlets for their normal sexual desires. Wolf shatters the illusion that good girls and professional women are not sexual, and boldly embarks on redefining female sexuality outside of men's experience and assumptions. Wolf's own coming of age in the post-sexual revolution of Haight-Ashbury, serves as an evocative tool for revealing the naked and admirable truth of female sexuality. 1909603 21 7 1997 Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for Womanhood total:498|5:86|4:209|3:162|2:36|1:5| 498 1829 761 50 4 3 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 15:55:21 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 17:31:19 -0800 2008 Take the word “slut” for example; what is it really meant to ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 11:34:48 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 07:57:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 18 08:24:15 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:24:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Jun 26 12:05:01 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 12:37:09 -0700 2007
While my mother was a little more suburban hippy and she actually lived in the haight, the cultural references and attitudes are always exactly my experience.

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Sexuality, my own in particular, is not an easy subject for me to discuss. No doubt, I am not alone in my shyness when it comes to talking about how I feel about sex. There is a lingering fear that surrounds the word “sexuality” and even more so around the world “promiscuity.”
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