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Shalit presents a thoughtful three-part essay, revealing an impressive reading list as she probes the cultural history of sexual modesty for women and considers whether this virtue maybe beneficial in today's world-if not an antidote to misogyny. In an age when women are embarrassed by sexual inexperience, when sex education is introduced as early as primary school, and when women suffer more than ever from eating disorders, sexual harrassment and rape, Shalit believes a return to modesty may place women on equal footing with men.
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