Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Where once a young woman had to be ashamed of her sexual experience, today she is ashamed of her sexual inexperience. Where not long ago an unmarried woman was ashamed to give public evidence of sexual desire by living with someone, today she must be ashamed to give evidence of romantic desire. From sex education in grade school to coed bathrooms in college, today's young woman is being pressured relentlessly to overcome her embarrassment, her "hang-ups," and especially her romantic hopes. Meanwhile, the problems young women struggle with grow steadily more extreme: from sexual harassment, stalking, and date rape to anorexia and self-mutilation. Both men and women endlessly lament the loss of privacy and of real intimacy. What is it all about? Beholden neither to conservatives who discount as exaggeration the dangers facing young women, nor to feminists who steadfastly affix blame on the patriarchy, Wendy Shalit proposes that, in fact, we have lost our respect for an important classical virtue -- that of sexual modesty. A Return to Modesty is a deeply personal account as well as a fascinating intellectual exploration. From seventeenth-century manners guides to Antonio Canova's sculpture, Venus Italico, to Frank Loesser's 1948 tune, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," A Return to Modesty unfolds like a detective's search for a lost idea as Shalit uncovers opinions about this lost virtue's importance, from Balzac to Simone de Beauvoir, that have not been aired for decades. Then she knocks down the accompanying myths one by one. - Publisher.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Jewish women, Modesty, Conduct of life, Sexual ethics for women, Sexual behavior, Women, Frau, SexualethikShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
A return to modesty: discovering the lost virtue
2000, Touchstone
Paperback
in English
- 1st Touchstone ed.
0684863170 9780684863177
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
A RETURN TO MODESTY: Discovering the Lost Virtue
January 24, 2000, Free Press
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0684863170 9780684863177
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
A return to modesty: discovering the lost virtue
2000, Touchstone
in English
- 1st Touchstone ed.
0684863170 9780684863177
|
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4
A return to modesty: discovering the lost virtue
1999, Free Press
Hardcover
in English
0684843161 9780684843162
|
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
5
A return to modesty: discovering the lost virtue
1999, HarperCollins
in English
- 1st ed.
000255741X 9780002557412
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Table of Contents
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-278) and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?February 13, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | remove fake subjects |
December 13, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
October 24, 2017 | Edited by Bryan Tyson | Edited without comment. |
October 8, 2017 | Edited by MARC Bot | merge duplicate works of 'A return to modesty' |
July 13, 2011 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |