What You Really Really Want · the Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety

What You Really Really Want · the Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety
Authors
Friedman, Jaclyn
Publisher
Seal Press (CA)
Tags
sexuality , self-help , health & fitness , personal growth , self-esteem , self help , feminism
ISBN
9781580054300
Date
2011-10-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.64 MB
Lang
en
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In this empowering, accessible guide, Jaclyn Friedman?co-editor of "Yes Means Yes"?gives young women the tools to decipher the modern worldOCOs confusing, hypersexualized, sometimes dangerous landscape so they can define their own sexual identity. Friedman decries the hypocrisy and mixed messages of our culture (weOCOre failures if we donOCOt act sexy, but weOCOre sluts if we actually pursue sex; we need to be protected from rapists lurking in bushes, but deserve ?whatever we getOCO if we have a drink at a party and wear a skirt), and encourages readers to separate fear from fact, decode the damaging messages all around them, and discover a healthy personal sexuality.

Educational and interactive, "What You Really Really Want" includes revealing quizzes, creative exercises, and reality-based advice about sex and sexuality today. With FriedmanOCOs informed advice to guide them, readers will build new skills for safely expressing their sexuality with lovers and explore effective ways to talk about tricky issues with family and friends?and learn how to make the world a little safer for everyone elseOCOs sexuality along the way.