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In this provocative and highly personal book, bestselling author Naomi Wolf explores a subject that has long been taboo in our society: women's sexual coming-of-age. Promiscuities brazenly exposes the truths behind the conflicting messages directed at young women during and after the sexual revolution. Drawing on surprising examples from the ancient and recent past, along with vivid recollections of her own youth, Wolf shows how our "liberated" culture still fears and distorts female passion. She also shares fascinating true stories that illustrate the fantasies and sometimes crippling realities women pass through on their way toward erotic and emotional discovery.
A landmark book, Promiscuities is a call to women of all ages to reclaim and celebrate their sexuality.
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Women, sexual behavior, Adolescent girls, United states, social conditions, 1960-, Women, Sexual behavior, History, Sexual ethics for women, Teenage girls, Social conditions, Young women, Sexualité, Conditions sociales, Identité, Éducation sexuelle des filles, Féminité, Femmes, Adolescentes, Seksualiteit, Psychology, Vrouwen, Mass media, Influence, New York Times reviewed, Women's studies, Sex and gender studies, Comportement sexuelPlaces
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1960-1980Showing 6 featured editions. View all 16 editions?
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Promiscuities: the secret struggle for womanhood
1998, FawcettBooks/Random House Publishing Group
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- 1st Ballantine Books ed.
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Promiscuities: the secret struggle for womanhood
1998, Vintage Canada
in English
- 1st Vintage Canada ed.
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Promiscuities: a secret History of female desire
1997, Chatto & Windus, Chatto and Windus, CHATTO AND WINDUS
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Promiscuities: the secret struggle for womanhood
1997, Random House
in English
- 1st ed.
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"Once upon a time, a scattered group of girls undertook the passage from girlhood to womanhood in a city built around a bay."
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