Annotated Bibliography

topic area: sexuality and modern feminism

Bell, Leslie. “Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom.” The New Humanities Reader, by Kurt Spellmeyer and Richard E. Miller, 5th ed., Stamford, Cengage Learning, 2015, pp. 24-46.

This essay discusses the contradiction of women being free to do many activities now, such as  pursue male-dominated professions, but are not completely free to be sexual.

Bruckner, Hannah, and Peter Bearman. “After the Promise: The STD Consequences of Adolescent Virginity Pledges.” Journal of Adolescent Health, www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/AfterThePromise.pdf. Accessed 27 Oct. 2016.

This article examines the effectiveness of virginity pledges in reducing sexually transmitted infections among young adults, and essentially concludes that they are not the best approach.

Faludi, Susan. “The Naked Citadel.” The New Humanities Reader, by Kurt Spellmeyer and Richard E. Miller, 5th ed., Stamford, Cengage Learning, 2015, pp. 72-104.

This essay talks about the turmoil that happens at an all-boys military school when a female recruit is admitted. It delves into important topics regarding how the modern female is seen, and what stereotypes and presumptions she brings with her.

Fredrickson, Barbara. “Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do,” The New Humanities Reader, by Kurt Spellmeyer and Richard E. Miller, 5th ed., Stamford, Cengage Learning, 2015, pp. 105-28.

This essay explains the neuroscience of love and relationships, and how it may not work as simply as we believe it does. It also discusses what consists of our “supreme emotion” and how new research dispels this.

Stepp, Laura Sessions. Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both. New York, Riverhead Books, 2007.

This book examines modern hookup culture through the personal experiences of young women, and the social constructs and effects it has had on each of them individually.