Islam: The BasicsPsychology Press, 2006 - 231 páginas The United States is obsessed with virginity — from the media to schools to government agencies. In The Purity Myth Jessica Valenti argues that the country’s intense focus on chastity is damaging to young women. Through in-depth cultural and social analysis, Valenti reveals that powerful messaging on both extremes — ranging from abstinence curriculum to “Girls Gone Wild” infomercials — place a young woman’s worth entirely on her sexuality. Morals are therefore linked purely to sexual behavior, rather than values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. Valenti sheds light on the value — and hypocrisy — around the notion that girls remain virgin until they’re married by putting into context the historical question of purity, modern abstinence-only education, pornography, and public punishments for those who dare to have sex. The Purity Myth presents a revolutionary argument that girls and women are overly valued for their sexuality, as well as solutions for a future without a damaging emphasis on virginity. |
Contenido
The messenger | 6 |
The message | 41 |
Belief | 72 |
Practice | 98 |
Spirituality | 140 |
Revival reform and the challenges of modernity | 163 |
The succession crisis and the birth | 194 |
Muslim theology | 201 |
Chronology | 215 |
Glossary of Arabic terms | 222 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
ablution Abu Bakr according acts adhan al-Baqara angels appear Arabia Arabic Asharites attributes of perfection caliphate canonical prayer century chapter claim community-state cosmos created creation Creator cultural death Divine Unity du'a earth Egypt Empire endeavour eternal example existence fact faith fast God's groups hadith hajj heaven hell hereafter human humankind ijtihad Imam important individual Iran Iraq islām Islamic law issue journey jurisprudence jurists ka'ba knowledge known Koran man's means Mecca Medina messenger mission movement Muhammad Muslim believer Muslim community Muslim world mustahabb Mutazilites names non-Muslims Nursi one's Ottoman Ottoman Empire performed pilgrimage pilgrims pillars of Islam political practice pre-Islamic prophethood Prophetic Tradition Quraysh Ramadan readers realise religion religious revealed rite ritual sacred salat scholars sense shari'a Shi'ite society soul spiritual submission Sufi Sufism sunna theology things tion translation umma Uthman verses Wahhabi Western women word worship