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A review by mariahistryingtoread
Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
3.0
If you've read any of Peggy Orenstein's books before, for better or for worse, you know what to expect with this one.
It's essentially a companion to her book Girls and Sex - which full disclosure I have not read. But, if it's like this one I can't say I'll be in a rush to pick it up.
I want to emphasize this isn't a bad book at all. It's competently written, and is engaging most of the time. However, as someone who reads a lot of feminist and sociological non fiction it's fairly entry level material. It basically just used anecdotes to explain behaviors, factors, etc that I already knew about.
I generally was fine with this because I like hearing about peoples' experiences and perspectives, but I unfortunately didn't learn anything. It also was light on the actual data to support most arguments. Again, if you've read an Orenstein book before you probably know what I'm talking about. And she does inform you of this in the introduction so it's not like I had the rug ripped out from under me. It wasn't surprising, just disappointing.
I personally enjoyed it, but I recommend reading it only if you're okay with a little information embedded mostly in entertainment.
It's essentially a companion to her book Girls and Sex - which full disclosure I have not read. But, if it's like this one I can't say I'll be in a rush to pick it up.
I want to emphasize this isn't a bad book at all. It's competently written, and is engaging most of the time. However, as someone who reads a lot of feminist and sociological non fiction it's fairly entry level material. It basically just used anecdotes to explain behaviors, factors, etc that I already knew about.
I generally was fine with this because I like hearing about peoples' experiences and perspectives, but I unfortunately didn't learn anything. It also was light on the actual data to support most arguments. Again, if you've read an Orenstein book before you probably know what I'm talking about. And she does inform you of this in the introduction so it's not like I had the rug ripped out from under me. It wasn't surprising, just disappointing.
I personally enjoyed it, but I recommend reading it only if you're okay with a little information embedded mostly in entertainment.