Wendy Shalit

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Wendy Shalit (born 1975) is an American author who advocates "external modesty ... the logical corollary of an internalized ethic of sexual restraint."[1]

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she is the sister of writer Ruth Shalit and Mina Shalit. She graduated from Williams College with a BA in Philosophy.

Her articles on cultural and literary topics have appeared in Commentary, The Wall Street Journal and Slate.

She is the author of the book A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue, published by Free Press in 1999. Her book has attracted much controversy, most notably earning her attacks from Katha Pollitt in The New York Times[2] and Larry Flynt in Hustler magazine, where she was awarded the A—hole of the Month title.

At the same time, Shalit received many letters of support[3] from young women who were disenchanted with the sexual revolution, prompting her to start an online support forum called ModestyZone.net.[4] ModestyZone hosts the ModestlyYours blog,[5] with 20 bloggers "of all ages and backgrounds whose voices are not normally heard in the mainstream (or even non-mainstream) media."[6]

Mona Charen has called ModestlyYours an "antidote to the vulgarity that is shoved in our faces from magazine covers, television, raunch radio, movies, and shows. . . Shalit names a "rebel of the month" on the site, choosing young women who exemplify modesty, intelligence, and integrity.They are the counter counterculture—and not a minute too soon."[7]

Shalit's second book, Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It's Not Bad to Be Good, was released on June 26, 2007.

She currently lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario.[8]

[edit] Books

  • A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue 1999
  • Girls Gone Mild: Young Women Reclaim Self-Respect 2007

[edit] References

  1. ^ "A Return to Modesty..." by Wendy Shalit - book review by Sarah E. Hinlicky
  2. ^ The Solipsisters
  3. ^ D1NT Nice People
  4. ^ Modesty Zone
  5. ^ http://blogs.modestlyyours.net/
  6. ^ http://www.modestlyyours.net/
  7. ^ [1][dead link]
  8. ^ How the `bad' girl became good

[edit] External links

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