The Sum Up: Embracing Sexuality, Honestly Teaching young people that sex is not something they should even think about (much less desire), means we are telling them to ignore their own feelings and their observations about the sexual world around them in favor of a lie. As Finer’s research proves—teens and young adults don’t need “preaching” but instead need to have accurate information about how to deal with sexual feelings and behaviors. It's time to teach our daughters and sons that their ability to be good people depends on how well they navigate the twists and turns of life using their own personal moral compass, not on whether or not they have had sex. True enough, our cultural hypocrisy about sex, along with its piling up of layers …show more content…
As Jessical Valerti observes: “You can follow an organization’s Twitter feed, sign a petition on change.org or find like–minded women on Facebook. I see many more young feminists than I did 15 years ago … There is more action and outrage than in the past.” And Mia Fergxuson, a student at Swarthmore College, and an activist to end slut-shaming and mishandling of rape cases on campus, explains: “Social Media has blown my mind. It’s given us the tools we need to rally and through it; colleges and universities are hearing us.” To end the societal sexual spiral of shame, a growing number of young women—some self–identified as feminists, some not--are calling for women to not only push-back but to stand up proudly. One of the best examples is Jill Di Donato’s declaration of how she planned to move away from a knee-jerk self-reproach the next time she was judged for her sex life (along with some great advice): I’m going to summon my inner-Madonna, who in 1985 had some choice words for detractors who tried to bring her down. Tabloids, Playboy and Penthouse ran nude pictures of her that had been taken when she was struggling artist’s model and the media went wild. What did she do? …She used three words, simple and to the point to bravely self-talk in public. So follow in Madge’s footsteps and repeat as often as necessary: ‘I’m not