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Reality Between The Sheets And "The Sex Myth"

Simon & Schuster

  Gone are the days of chastity belts and scarlet letters, but is sexuality in America really so liberated?

Sure, television and pop music might have you thinking that the young are having more transgressive sex, more openly than ever-- see Britney Spear's dancing with a python or Lady Gaga's latest garb, if you need further evidence.

Spurred by feelings of inadequacy for not being sexually adventurous enough in her 20s, our guest, Rachel Hills, wrote a book exploring whether or not young people were really getting down--as much as a culture soaked in hyper-sexualized content would have us believe.

She found that the very public prominence of sex IS making its mark on Millennials, just not so much between their sheets. We talk with author Hills about these findings, and her new book The Sex Myth.
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.