The result is a raw, shocking commentary on relationships, self-worth, and society today. She reflects on the inheritance of sexism and abuse, her adoption of the role of a sexual being without yet understanding who or what she needed, and the ways men disrespect girls and women with abandon. Jumping from her childhood in Queens, New York to her adolescence traveling the streets and subways of Manhattan to her early adulthood finding her way in Brooklyn, Valenti depicts years of negotiating power with boys and men and making decisions that left her simultaneously wounded and stronger. In Sex Object, Valenti examines her life-long sexual objectification-by both men and herself-and how that experience shaped who she became. On my most recent visit to the library, I stopped by the new releases section, picking up Sex Object: A Memoir, the new, thought-provoking memoir by Jessica Valenti, the feminist author, Guardian US columnist, and co-founder. “Who would I be if I didn’t live in a world that hated women?”
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