A return to modesty : discovering the lost virtue

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A return to modesty : discovering the lost virtue

Wendy Shalit

（A Touchstone book）

Simon and Schuster, 2000

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-278) and index

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内容説明

At the same time that young women today enjoy the right to unparalleled opportunities, Wendy Shalit argues, there has been a marked increase in sexual harrassment and date-rape. With sex education beginning at school and sexual promisicuity encouraged in the media and at college, it has become almost impossible for a young woman to say 'no' to sex. Those who do are labelled 'repressed' and their desire for romantic love is ridiculed. Is it any wonder that young women today suffer from anorexia, bulimia, and other disorders? In A RETURN TO MODESTY Shalit explores the philosophical debate over modesty and knocks down the accompanying myths one by one. Female modesty is not about a 'sexual double standard', as is often thought, but is related to male virtue and honour. Modesty is not a social construct, but a natural response. And modesty is not prudery, but a way to preserve a sense of the erotic in our lives. By asserting their right to take intimacy seriously, girls can find the happiness they would otherwise be denied in a culture that has discarded the idea of feminine virtue.

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CONTENTS Introduction PART ONE. THE PROBLEM One The War on Embarrassment Two Postmodern Sexual Etiquette, from Hook-up to Checkup Three The Fallout Four New Perversions PART TWO. THE FORGOTTEN IDEAL Five Forgiving Modesty Six The Great Deception Seven Can Modesty Be Natural? Eight Male Character PART THREE. THE RETURN Nine Against the Curing of Womanhood Ten Modesty and the Erotic Eleven Pining for Interference Twelve Beyond Modernity A Modest Conclusion: Innocence Appendix: Some Modest Advice Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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