In store now! Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hook-ups, Love, Porn, Consent and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
There has been a lot of discussion recently around rape culture and sexual violence but to truly begin to tackle these issues it’s important we start at the beginning with sex education and looking at how boys and young men, as well as girls and women, first encounter sex through the media, porn, playground talk and their first sexual encounters. A vital book for anyone interested in raising or educating boys and helping them navigate an often confusing world of sex and relationships.
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Peggy Orenstein broke ground with her bestselling Girls & Sex, exploring young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. Now she turns her focus to boys with an examination of how young men are navigating sexual culture in these changing times - and what we need to do to help them.
Drawing on comprehensive interviews with young men, psychologists and experts in the field, Boys & Sex dissects 'locker room talk'; pornography as the new sex education; the role of empathy; boys' understanding of hookup culture and consent; and their experience as both perpetrators and victims of sexual assault.
By presenting young men's experience in all its complexity, Orenstein unravels the hidden truths, hard lessons and important realities of young male sexuality in today's world. 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.
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