Women In The Cult Of Virginity

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Contemporary culture’s construction of female sexuality a perversion of feminist notions of a truly liberated female sexuality b ecause society has these norms and values on women which sets boundaries on how they are viewed sexually and attractive.
Women must present themselves in a way that men don’t need too, that rules are also made by the culture, not asked by each individual.
“The cult of Virginity” is one topic that even in 21 st century is heavy to talk about. Women must be virgins before marriage or they are considered “damaged goods”
(Jessica Valenti: pg. 336). Virgin is only important to the society when it comes to women b ut nowhere is the definition for men or boys to be a virgin (Jessica Valenti: pg. 335).
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Male ownerships start as soon as the daughter is born by vowing to their fathers that they belong to them until marriage, which is also called “father giving his daughter’s hand to the men that his daughter will marry” (Jessica Valenti: pg. 336). It is all about control, from the day the girl is born, all she does is listen to her family, society, husband, then children and in
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laws, these same rules do not apply to the men and even after sa ying everyone is equal. It is not true, because men can have go out and have other women and they think that it is okay but if their wives do the same, they are called characterless. Women who are adolescent really is another word for “unclean”, it is main ly looking at enjoyment or fulfillment in sex. Whereas liberated women do have pleasure in sex and adolescent only have sex to fulfill their needs. Chapter 4

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P ink for women and blue for men, these colors are decided for these two bodies as soon as they are born which is the connection.
Chapter 15
Relationship between hook’s sexual liberation and history of cultures’ construction of sexuality to sexuality is that, society believes in women should be respectful from doing a sexual orientation themselves, they are to wait for their husband’s sexual agreement to have any type of sexual encounter (pg.: 85). Feminist started opposing this and created a movement to demand straight women to enter relationships other than their husbands to experience (pg. 87).
In the history concept, meaning of sex for women has always been to please the other person meaning your husband, not yourself, even i f that means you are not happy. Bell’s hooks pointed out that women should have her own sexual desire
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Some women left their husbands to become lesbians, because they were seduced from the movement (pg. 87). Hook’s explained how heterosexual or h omosexual should have the freedom to determine what they want without fearing the society or its norms (pg. 91).
Chapter 12
Feminine muscularity is explained by self
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identity based on self

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