Sexuality In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Girls & Sex by Peggy Orenstein portrays teenage sexuality as anything but light-hearted. While the title would lead a person to believe that the book is all about girls sexuality, it is not because it seems that sexuality in and of itself, is about boys and not girls. It is a grim and detailed account of today’s teenager and the so-called hook-up culture that seems to be driving our teenagers into impersonal sexual acts. This is a book for educators, mothers, fathers, Aunts, Uncles, and so on, but be forewarned, the information that the girls shared with the author as she interviewed more than seventy young women between the ages of fifteen and twenty (Orenstein, P., 2016) can be alarming to say the least.

Orenstein began her quest for an …show more content…
How can we promote women of strength when they feel they are only liked if they please a man? A large percentage of girls are saying that they fear entering college a virgin or worse a prude (if they haven’t given oral sex), more than they fear being called a slut. What has happened, and how can we turn the tides? Actually oral sex isn’t considered sex, and because it is not personal, girls can give oral sex to many guys, and still save herself for someone special and be a …show more content…
Students will drive the conversations, and excerpts of the Orenstein’s book will be used. In addition Peggy Orenstein has been invited to the school as a guest speaker in October, and she has accepted. Orenstein will be having breakfast with girls interested in attending and will answer questions during the