Her Way : Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution / Paula Kamen.
Kamen, Paula, author.
2000
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Title Her Way : Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution / Paula Kamen.
Author Kamen, Paula, author.
ISBN 9780814748633
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814748633.001.0001
Published New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2000]
Copyright ©2000
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9780814748633.001.0001 doi
Call Number HQ29
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.7/084/22
Summary Visit Paula Kamen's website at http://www.paulakamen.com Three decades after the Sexual Revolution, women's power and status have begun to match men's, and women are finally making the rules in order to experience a more radical and truer form of liberation. Her Way demonstrates how and why 20- and 30-something women have evolved to act and think more like men sexually, while also creating their own distinct sexual patterns and appetites. Today's young women are now the leaders of an unreported but sweeping "Sexual Evolution," in which women take control of sex and redefine it from their perspective. In other words, do it "her way." Paula Kamen characterizes this Sexual Evolution according to two major developments that are setting sexual patterns for future generations of women: young women's sexual profiles are now remarkably similar to those of men, in terms of age of first intercourse, and numbers of sex partners and casual encounters. They also feel less guilt or shame about their behavior, from premarital sex to having a child out of marriage to coming out of the closet to cohabiting. Yet young women are not merely imitating men, but forging their own distinct sexual perspectives and asserting their own needs. In addition to discovering the pleasures of sex, young women are also exploring the dilemmas, challenging male-defined sexual scripts, and changing what actually goes on in bed. Based on more than one hundred lively, unfiltered and in-depth interviews with women across the country, Her Way cuts through the sensationalism and speculation of popular discussions about young women and sex. Kamen reports the real story of today's enhanced sexual expectations and choices.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Sexual Evolution toward Female Control
PART I: Doing It "His Way"
1. Superrats: The New Breed of Sexual Individualists
2. Portrait of a Generation: Male and Female Sex Patterns Converge
3. Changing Sexual Scripts: A Close-Up
PART II: Doing It "Her Way"
4. Virginity Reimagined: No Sex and the Single Girl
PART III: Redefining the Family and Relationships Her Way
5. Modern Marriage: From Meal Ticket to Best Friend
6. Choices for Remaining Single: "She's Gonna Make It after All"
7. Lesbians and Bisexuals Out and Proud: "The Groping Generation
PART IV: Getting to "Her Way": Social Movements for Power and Permission
8. Education and Jobs, the Sexual Revolution, and the Women's Movement: The Foundation
9. Redefining Religion and Morality: Overcoming Traditional Male Authority
10. Women's "Locker-Room Talk," Safer-Sex Education, and the Media: New Information and Openness
Conclusion: Beyond Becoming Like Men, Becoming Like Ourselves
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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