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I am not a slut : slut-shaming in the age of the Internet  Cover Image Book Book

I am not a slut : slut-shaming in the age of the Internet / Leora Tanenbaum.

Summary:

The author of the groundbreaking work Slut! explores the phenomenon of slut-shaming in the age of sexting, tweeting, and "liking." She shows that the sexual double standard is more dangerous than ever before and offers wisdom and strategies for alleviating its destructive effects on young women's lives. Young women are encouraged to express themselves sexually. Yet when they do, they are derided as "sluts." Caught in a double bind of mixed sexual messages, young women are confused. To fulfill the contradictory roles of being sexy but not slutty, they create an "experienced" identity on social media-even if they are not sexually active - while ironically referring to themselves and their friends as "sluts." But this strategy can become a weapon used against young women in the hands of peers who circulate rumors and innuendo - elevating age-old slut-shaming to deadly levels, with suicide among bullied teenage girls becoming increasingly common. Now, Leora Tanenbaum revisits her influential work on sexual stereotyping to offer fresh insight into the digital and face-to-face worlds contemporary young women inhabit. She shares her new research, involving interviews with a wide range of teenage girls and young women from a variety of backgrounds as well as parents, educators, and academics. Tanenbaum analyzes the coping mechanisms young women currently use and points them in a new direction to eradicate slut-shaming for good.

Record details

  • ISBN: 006228259X
  • ISBN: 9780062282590 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: xx, 387 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper Perennial, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-376) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
What's the same, what's different -- Are you a "good slut" or a "bad slut"? -- Slut-bashing : face-to-face and in cyberspace -- Reciprocal slut-shaming : sexual identity in an online world -- "Good slut" containment strategies -- "Bad slut" coping mechanisms -- The rape of a "slut" is rape -- Can "slut" be reclaimed? -- Creative solutions to eliminate "slut" -- Dos and don'ts for parents of teenagers and college-age children -- The slut-shaming self-defense toolkit.
Subject: Stereotypes (Social psychology) > United States.
Girls > United States > Social conditions.
Teenage girls > United States > Social conditions.
Sex discrimination against women > United States.
Sex in popular culture > United States.
Bullying.
Social media.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tumbler Ridge Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Tumbler Ridge Public Library ANF 305.23082 TANEN (Text) TRL17703 Entertaining Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort Nelson Public Library 305.23 TAN (Text) 35246000850527 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort St. John Public Library 305.23 TAN (Text) 35211000289886 ADULT Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
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