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OverviewHard to Get is a powerful and intimate examination of the sex and love lives of the most liberated women in history-twenty-something American women who have had more opportunities, more positive role models, and more information than any previous generation. Drawing from her years of experience as a researcher and a psychotherapist, Leslie C. Bell takes us directly into the lives of young women who struggle to negotiate the complexities of sexual desire and pleasure, and to make sense of their historically unique but contradictory constellation of opportunities and challenges. In candid interviews, Bell's subjects reveal that, despite having more choices than ever, they face great uncertainty about desire, sexuality, and relationships. Ground-breaking and highly readable, Hard to Get offers fascinating insights into the many ways that sex, love, and satisfying relationships prove surprisingly elusive to these young women as they navigate the new emotional landscape of the 21st century. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Leslie Bell , Carl BellPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780520283749ISBN 10: 0520283740 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 12 April 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Paradox of Sexual Freedom Part I. The Sexual Woman 2. The New Taboo: Katie 3. The Bad Girl: Jayanthi 4. A Pill to Kill Desire: Claudia Part II. The Relational Woman 5. The Good Girl: Alicia 6. On Not Having It All: Phoebe Part III. The Desiring Woman 7. How Does She Do It? Maria and Susan 8. Maybe She's Born with It: Sophia and Jeanette 9. Conclusion: What's a Modern Woman to Do? Appendix I. Splitting Appendix II. Clinical Interviewing Appendix III. Demographic Information about Respondents Notes References IndexReviewsEerily close to the contradictory feelings you've personally had on the subject, but haven't been able to express. -- Anna Breslaw Cosmopolitan Finally! A nuanced look at hookup culture. This hookup book is not like the others. Salon Bell hopes to dislodge embedded stereotypes of men as subject and women as object and defuse the fear that our sexuality is dangerous. Her book just might help that happen. Bust Makes a compelling case that young women are both more ambitious-and also more conflicted about relationships-than ever before. Jezebel Emphasises that the problem is not conflict and hurt, which are inevitable parts of living, but rather that the way these young women interpret and learn from their experiences is crucial. Times Higher Education Bell's clear prose and accessible subject matter will appeal to both scholars of women's studies and young women looking for an explanation of some of the predicaments their generation faces. Kirkus Reviews [Bell] hoped to find that young women would have dynamic, confident sex lives ... but found a much more complex, difficult, dare we say Lena Dunham-esque situation instead. San Francisco Magazine [Hard to Get] will resonate with many, and ... will intrigue sociologists in this field. -- J. M. Irvine CHOICE Timely... Bell provides a nuanced examination of the conflicts 20-something women have in navigating the issues of their professional life versus their personal life. -- Carolee A. Kallmann Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy An accessable and provocative text for encouraging conversation on the psychological consequences of persistent gender inequalities in this so-called post-feminist era. -- Catherine Connell Contemporary Sociology Eerily close to the contradictory feelings you've personally had on the subject, but haven't been able to express. -- Anna Breslaw Cosmopolitan 20131028 Finally! A nuanced look at hookup culture. This hookup book is not like the others. Salon 20130303 Bell hopes to dislodge embedded stereotypes of men as subject and women as object and defuse the fear that our sexuality is dangerous. Her book just might help that happen. Bust 20130326 Makes a compelling case that young women are both more ambitious-and also more conflicted about relationships-than ever before. Jezebel 20130315 Emphasises that the problem is not conflict and hurt, which are inevitable parts of living, but rather that the way these young women interpret and learn from their experiences is crucial. Times Higher Education 20130131 Bell's clear prose and accessible subject matter will appeal to both scholars of women's studies and young women looking for an explanation of some of the predicaments their generation faces. Kirkus Reviews 20121223 [Bell] hoped to find that young women would have dynamic, confident sex lives ... but found a much more complex, difficult, dare we say Lena Dunham-esque situation instead. San Francisco Magazine 20130308 [Hard to Get] will resonate with many, and ... will intrigue sociologists in this field. -- J. M. Irvine CHOICE 20130901 Timely... Bell provides a nuanced examination of the conflicts 20-something women have in navigating the issues of their professional life versus their personal life. -- Carolee A. Kallmann Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy 20130723 Author InformationLeslie C. Bell is a sociologist and psychotherapist who specializes in women's development and sexuality. She maintains a private practice in Berkeley, California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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