The New York Times Bestseller 'Blows your mind on every page' Caitlin Moran 'Should be
mandatory reading for anyone who cares about the next generation' Lori Gottlieb New York Times
bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Peggy Orenstein broke ground with her
bestselling Girls & Sex exploring young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual
encounters. Now she turns her focus to boys with an examination of how young men are navigating
sexual culture in these changing times - and what we need to do to help them. Drawing on
comprehensive interviews with young men psychologists and experts in the field Boys & Sex
dissects 'locker room talk' pornography as the new sex education the role of empathy boys'
understanding of hookup culture and consent and their experience as both perpetrators and
victims of sexual assault. By presenting young men's experience in all its complexity
Orenstein unravels the hidden truths hard lessons and important realities of young male
sexuality in today's world. The result is a provocative and paradigm-shifting work that offers
a much-needed vision of how boys can truly move forward as better men.
