Author Jessica Valenti in her book "The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession With Virginity Is Hurting Young Women" makes the rather scandalous argument that
The lie of virginity — the idea that such a thing even exists — is
ensuring that young women’s perception of themselves is inextricable
from their bodies, and that their ability to be moral actors is
absolutely dependent on their sexuality...
A combination of forces — our media- and society-driven virginity fetish, an increase in abstinence-only education, and the strategic political rollback of women’s rights among the primary culprits — has created a juggernaut of unrealistic sexual expectations for young women. Unable to live up to the ideal of purity that’s forced upon them in one aspect of their lives, many young women are choosing the hypersexualized alternative that’s offered to them everywhere else as the easier — and more attractive — option.
A combination of forces — our media- and society-driven virginity fetish, an increase in abstinence-only education, and the strategic political rollback of women’s rights among the primary culprits — has created a juggernaut of unrealistic sexual expectations for young women. Unable to live up to the ideal of purity that’s forced upon them in one aspect of their lives, many young women are choosing the hypersexualized alternative that’s offered to them everywhere else as the easier — and more attractive — option.
Fine, as every one knows I strongly support the freedoms protected by the First Amendment, however, NBC is giving wider voice to this woman's theories as if they are mainstream.
Now I was blessed with two sons and had to wait for a daughter until one of them married, but knowing several sets of parents who are trying to raise daughters in this crazy world, I doubt that the projection of this theory by NBC would be welcome in their homes.
Just tell your boys to just say no, end of problem.
Posted by: Redman | April 29, 2009 at 10:32 AM