Virgin Territory

Is virginity a real condition or was it invented to control women and their sexuality? So goes the sub-header in the Washington Post's review of Hanne Blank's look at the ideas of virginity, with respect to its place in our religious and social views of women. The review, by Marina Warner, winds up to say this is a thought-provoking book on history, aspects of which may not be entirely well-known to a wide populace. Exactly the kind of thing I like in a book.




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