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Title : I Am Not a Slut: Slut-Shaming in the Age of the Internet
Category: Sex
Brand: Tanenbaum, Leora
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The author of the groundbreaking work Slut! explores the phenomenon of slut-shaming in the age of sexting, tweeting, and “liking.” She shows that the sexual double standard is more dangerous than ever before and offers wisdom and strategies for alleviating its destructive effects on young women’s lives.

Young women are encouraged to express themselves sexually. Yet when they do, they are derided as “sluts.” Caught in a double bind of mixed sexual messages, young women are confused. To fulfill the contradictory roles of being sexy but not slutty, they create an “experienced” identity on social media-even if they are not sexually active—while ironically referring to themselves and their friends as “sluts.”

But this strategy can become a weapon used against young women in the hands of peers who circulate rumors and innuendo—elevating age-old slut-shaming to deadly levels, with suicide among bullied teenage girls becoming increasingly common. Now, Leora Tanenbaum revisits her influential work on sexual stereotyping to offer fresh insight into the digital and face-to-face worlds contemporary young women inhabit. She shares her new research, involving interviews with a wide range of teenage girls and young women from a variety of backgrounds as well as parents, educators, and academics. Tanenbaum analyzes the coping mechanisms young women currently use and points them in a new direction to eradicate slut-shaming for good.

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... latest book is no exception to her rule -- amazing!! I have two young daughters and I ...

I have been following leora tanenbaum's work for years and her latest book is no exception to her rule -- amazing!! I have two young daughters and I see first-hand some of the insightful and timely things discussed in this book in real life. This book is a must read for any woman who cares about issues that affect all of us at various ages in our lives. I applaud Leora for making me think and bringing to life critical thinking and wisdom on a topic that is so charged and so important. Buy the book now; you won't regret it!!

An essential defense of supporting girls and women instead of tearing them down
Every English speaker should read this book about the harm inherent in policing girls and women by tearing down their reputations because of their perceived excess of sexuality. All 75 of my English Composition students will have to, at least parts of it. Since the author, Leora Tanenbaum of Planned Parenthood, wrote it with verve, clarity, courage, and her finger right on the pulse of American youth culture, they'll have no excuse not to!

Who the hell are any of us to judge how much sex is too much sex? And besides, slut-shaming does NOTHING to prevent teen pregnancy or risky sex; it just makes many girls and women hate themselves as shown by Tanenbaum's exhaustive research and sensitive interviews with several dozen girls and young women. Tanenbaum argues convincingly that feminist efforts to take back the word 'slut,' like the LGBT community has done with the word 'queer,' are doomed to failure because our chauvinistic culture of double standards will continue to...
An important and compelling read

Leora Tanenbaum has infused reason, research and, perhaps most crucially, empathy into the modern conversation about girlhood and slut-shaming in this important and timely book. Tananbaum gives voice to girls and women across the country who have been touched by the despicable phenomenon known as "slut-shaming", and through their voices and her own astute observations, makes a necessary and compelling case for why society needs to address this issue head on. Highly recommended!