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BOYS AND SEX Author Peggy Orenstein coming to RI
Peggy Orenstein, the author of Boys and Sex (and Girls and Sex) will be at the Brown University Bookstore on Saturday, January 11th, from 2-4pm. Tickets are $10, and the event will benefit Foster Forward.
Tickets are $10 and this event will benefit www.fosterforward.org.
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The New York Times bestselling author will be interviewed at a live taping of the Reading With Robin Podcast. Copies of BOYS AND SEX and GIRLS AND SEX will be for sale.
About the Book:
Peggy Orenstein’s Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and launched conversations about young women’s right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. It also had an unexpected effect on its author: Orenstein realized that talking about girls is only half the conversation. Boys are subject to the same cultural forces as girls—steeped in the same distorted media images and binary stereotypes of female sexiness and toxic masculinity—which equally affect how they navigate sexual and emotional relationships.
In Boys & Sex, Peggy Orenstein dives back into the lives of young people to once again give voice to the unspoken, revealing how young men understand and negotiate the new rules of physical and emotional intimacy. Drawing on comprehensive interviews with young men, psychologists, academics, and experts in the field, Boys & Sex dissects so-called locker room talk; how the word “hilarious” robs boys of empathy; pornography as the new sex education; boys’ understanding of hookup culture and consent; and their experience as both victims and perpetrators of sexual violence. By surfacing young men’s experience in all its complexity, Orenstein is able to unravel the hidden truths, hard lessons, and important realities of young male sexuality in today’s world. The result is a provocative and paradigm-shifting work that offers a much-needed vision of how boys can truly move forward as better men.
About the Author:
Peggy Orenstein is the New York Times bestselling author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Waiting for Daisy, Flux, and Schoolgirls. A contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, she has been published in USA Today, Parenting, Salon, the New Yorker, and other publications, and has contributed commentary to NPR’s All Things Considered. She lives in Northern California with her husband and daughter.
About Foster Forward:
Foster Forward’s mission is to empower lives impacted by foster care. We have an unwavering commitment to support children and youth, families, and the child welfare system as a whole, to grow, connect, improve, and move forward.
Foster Forward is a nationally and locally recognized leader committed to ensuring that all children and youth impacted by foster care have safe, healthy, and nurturing families. We continuously innovate to provide proven programs that engage natural supports and promote healthy development.
Respect: Foster Forward respects and engages the individual experiences, voices, and identities of children and youth in foster care, and the families who support them.
Credibility: Foster Forward is a valued and credible source of information, advocacy, and resources.
Innovation: Foster Forward continuously contributes to and improves the child welfare learning community through innovative partnerships and ground-breaking programs.
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