Americans Focus on Risk and Danger Related to Sex
Americans Focus on Risk and Danger Related to Sex
Bay Area Book Festival - Brower Center
Mona Eltahawy and Peggy Orenstein, interviewed by Sylvia BrownriggIn Western societies today, in order to be "liked," girls as young as middle school feel pressure to "sext" or become sexually active. In the Middle East, adolescent girls are veiled and their freedom restrained so their fathers and future husbands can ensure that they're virgins. What do these mirrored opposites show? From headscarves to Tinder, hymens to “hot,” how can girls reclaim their own bodies and sexuality?
Bay Area Book Festival - Brower Center
Mona Eltahawy and Peggy Orenstein, interviewed by Sylvia BrownriggIn Western societies today, in order to be "liked," girls as young as middle school feel pressure to "sext" or become sexually active. In the Middle East, adolescent girls are veiled and their freedom restrained so their fathers and future husbands can ensure that they're virgins. What do these mirrored opposites show? From headscarves to Tinder, hymens to “hot,” how can girls reclaim their own bodies and sexuality?
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