Flirting with Danger by Lynn Phillips

Flirting with Danger by Lynn Phillips

Based on detailed individual and collective interviews with a diverse sample of college-aged American women, this is an exploration of how young women make sense of, resist and negotiate conflicting cultural messages about sexual agency, responsibility, aggression and desire.

"Flirting with Danger is well worth the read and is likely to stimulate lively discussion in the classroomPhillips has a good ear for narrative and a keen sense of the uncertainties and competing forces that shape heterosexual relationships for contemporary young women." (Psychology of Women Quarterly,Vol. 26) "A fascinating study of the ways young women of diverse backgrounds interpret heterosexual relations. Phillips, a feminist psychologist committed to research that reveals and resists domination, grapples here with the surprising paradoxes and contradictions expressed in young women's fears, fantasies, beliefs, and desires. Based on careful research and clear analytic argument, Flirting with Danger is a remarkably wise, compassionate, and useful book." - Sara Ruddick,author of Maternal Thinking: Toward a Politics of Peace "Shows how far feminist theory has come and how far it has yet to go. . . . Avoiding simplistic dichotomies, Phillips eloquently negotiates the tricky terrain between female pleasure and male accountability. A brilliant demonstration of how social constructionist theory can serve as a framework for social activism." - Rhoda Unger,Montclair State University "The first book to take seriously teenagers' sexual agency and desire in an era where sex has become synonymous with sexual victimization, and fear and anger have clouded over the possibility of delight and sensuality. Phillips leads the way among bright new theorists who work with Latina, African-American, and white voices together to bring to the fields of psychology and gender studies a fresh analysis that preserves the complexity of their hopes and realities surrounding sex." - Sharon Lamb,author of the New Versions of Victims: Feminists Struggle with the Concept "Based on narrated experiences of thirty young women, Lynn Phillips takes us up close to their sexual encounters as they 'flirt with danger,' naming abuse, patriarchy, and female victimization only when they discuss other women, never themselves, although many of those interviewed have been raped and/or in otherwise abusive situations with men. The educative possibilities in Phillips' work are stunningall those interested in working toward a world in which men and women interact in healthy ways, both sexually and otherwise, must read this book." (Adolescence)

Lynn M. Phillips is the author of The Girls Report: What We Know and Need to Know about Growing Up Female, commissioned by the National Council for Research on Women, and Planned Parenthood's Unequal Partners: Exploring Power and Consent in Adult-Teen Relationships. She teaches media and gender studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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ISBN 13	9780814766576
ISBN 10	0814766579
Title	Flirting with Danger
Author	Lynn Phillips
Series	Qualitative Studies In Psychology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	New York University Press
Year published	2000-11-01
Number of pages	277
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