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	<title>Feminist Fatale &#187; The Purity Myth</title>
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		<title>Purity and virginity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 00:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Purity Myth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interview with Jessica Valenti of Feministing.com on our culture&#8217;s obsession with virginity (remember Natalie Dylan and her virginity auction?). Valenti takes on the many ways that a woman&#8217;s morality and personal worth are tied to her sexual purity &#8212; from abstinence-only education to blaming rape victims, honor killings to finger-wagging over hookup culture. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an interview with <a href="http://www.feministing.com/jessica.html" target="_blank">Jessica Valenti</a> of <a href="http://www.feministing.com/" target="_blank">Feministing.com</a> on our culture&#8217;s obsession with virginity (remember <a href="http://feministfatale.com/?p=770" target="_blank">Natalie Dylan</a> and her virginity auction?).</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Valenti takes on the many ways that a woman&#8217;s morality and personal worth are tied to her sexual purity &#8212; from abstinence-only education to blaming rape victims, honor killings to finger-wagging over hookup culture. She points the finger of blame back at conservatives and argues that it&#8217;s the myth of virginity, not &#8220;Girls Gone Wild,&#8221; that&#8217;s hurting this generation of young women. Those two competing influences have more in common than some might think: Both teach women that their most valuable commodity is their sexuality.</p>
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