'You Can Spot Them A Mile Off': Young Women's Negotiations of Class and the Sexual Culture of Shame.

In contemporary Western society, young women are caught between the competing discourses of the slut/virgin dichotomy and the more recent imperatives of a sexualised culture. Drawing on data from qualitative interviews with young people, I identify a relationship between social class and susceptibil...

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Published in:	Sexuality & Culture Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 1273 - 1290
Main Author:	Williams, Helen
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Aug2021
Subjects:	Shame Young women Social stigma Social classes Qualitative research Social status
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost