Overview

An eye-opening examination of the hookup culture, seen through the personal experiences of high-school- and college-age women who confront the hard lessons of dating, love, and sex. We're living in an increasingly sexualized world, and it's the young--particularly young women--who must deal with the consequences. Kids are having more sexual contact than ever, and at an earlier age. They call it hooking up. But what is hooking up? According to Laura Sessions Stepp, a reporter at the Washington Post, hooking up eludes a neat definition. It can be anything from an innocent kiss to sexual intercourse. In Unhooked, Stepp follows three groups of young women (one in high school, one each at Duke and George Washington Universities). She sat with them in class, socialized with them, listened to them talk, and came away with some disturbing insights, including that hooking up carries with it no obligation on either side. Relationships and romance are seen as messy and time-consuming, and love is postponed--or worse, seen as impossible. Some young women can handle this, but many can't, and they're being battered--physically and emotionally--by the new dating landscape. The result is a generation of young people stymied by relationships and unsure where to turn for help. The need to be connected intimately to others is as central to our well-being as food and shelter, Stepp writes in Unhooked. In my view, if we don't get it right, we're probably not going to get anything else in life right.

Full Product Details

9798200143757

Table of Contents

Reviews

"The expert discussion is enhanced by Ellen Archer's no-nonsense reading.... I can't imagine a more skilled and appealing performance.-- ""AudioFile"""

Author Information

Laura Sessions Stepp is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, currently at the Washington Post. She is a former visiting scholar at the National Academy of Sciences, and she chairs the board of directors of the Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families, based at the University of Maryland. Laura is the author of Our Last Best Shot: Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence. Ellen Archer has narrated numerous audiobooks and has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, as well as the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. She is an actress, and singer with a degree in opera performance from the Boston Conservatory. She has performed extensively on the New York stage and in regional theaters.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available