"Feminism is So Last Week"

"Girls aren't suppose to like sex, especially teenage girls"

Jessica Valenti's book enititled "Full Frontal Feminism" depicts the misconceptions of feminism made by today's Society. Valenti bluntly and humorously sets the record straight that as many attempts people have tried to kill it, Feminism Isn't Dead. the book tackles several issues, one being sex and women. Valenti states that in today society, teenage girls are not suppose to have sex and if they are then they are automatically viewed as sluts or as victims who are being taken advantage of. She argues that our consenting laws are flawed because it implies that "women can't make their own decisions about their sexuality". Valenti also gives an example about a bill in Missouri that requires teachers and doctors to report kids who are sexually active to a state abuse hotline, unless the girl is married "that's their get out of jail free card". Valenti thinks that these laws weren't created to keep girls safe but were in facts developed to ensure that someone "whether a parent, husband, or the state- is making decisions for young women".

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rhetorical stragegies- statistics: "in recent articles, feminism has been blamed for promoting promiscuity" from Monique Stuart's January 1,2006 The Washington Times article "Slutty Feminism"
annecdotes:"Back in the fifth grade, the love of my life was Douglas MacIntyre, who told me i'd be pretty if only i didnt' have such a big, ugly nose"

question: Do you agree with the consenting laws we have concerning sex?