I will slow down a bit as my current read on slavery was written in the 1980's by a British author making ease of comprehension slightly more arduous.
These are not really reviews per se just commentary on what I'm reading and showing those that donated and all others I am putting their help to good use.
These individual texts will most likely return again as cited references for my review of Jimmy Carter's Call to Action.
In reading the purity myth by Jessica Valenti I was able to see again the inanity of fundaloon efforts to create women into living Stepford Wives. The primary vehicle the right uses to achieve this end is to indoctrinate young women into their philosophy before they fully develop. They use virginity pledges, made publicly and without time for reflection, made by children not only not fully informed but deliberately misinformed in order to frighten the children into compliance.
The efforts of the Right to delude these children results in an increase in not only unplanned pregnancies but a rise in STI's, most likely driven by telling children that "using condoms does not protect against HIV." The goal as expressed by the author is the permanent mindset of women to be infantilized into women-children completely dependent upon males. This is most easily achieved by seizing their minds and controlling the information they subsequently receive before they become self aware and independent. In fact thanks to Republican efforts this ignorance is federally funded with our tax dollars in order to prosthelytize this road to chattel marriage to our teens nationwide.
The real danger lies not only in STI's and unplanned pregnancies but the continuing diminution of women at home, work and school. The American Taliban in action.
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
The United States is obsessed with virginity — from the media to schools to government agencies. In The Purity Myth, Jessica Valenti argues that the countrys intense focus on chastity is damaging to young women. Through in-depth cultural and social analysis, Valenti reveals that powerful messaging on both extremes — ranging from abstinence-only curriculum to "Girls Gone Wild" infomercials — place a young woman's worth entirely on her sexuality. Morals are therefore linked purely to sexual behavior, rather than values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. Valenti sheds light on the value — and hypocrisy — around the notion that girls remain virgins until theyre married by putting into context the historical question of purity, modern abstinence-only education, pornography, and public punishments for those who dare to have sex. The Purity Myth presents a revolutionary argument that girls and women are overly valued for their sexuality, as well as solutions for a future without a damaging emphasis on virginity
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