Overview
‘It’s the kind of book that makes you wonder, ‘why wasn’t this written before?’ It could change lives’ EVENING STANDARD‘Turns everything you’ve been taught about sex on its head’ RUBY RARE An urgent, myth-busting book that dismantles sex misinformation and reimagines sexual freedom for today. Clueless about everything from her own anatomy to relationships, Sophia Smith Galer’s sex education classes left her with more questions than answers. But what she didn’t know was that this lack of knowledge was about to turn her life upside down – as it does to countless people in the UK every year. Thanks to inadequate sex education, many of us are finishing school knowing more about STDs and condoms than the bigger sexual picture – our own physicality, pleasure and consent. And the effects can last a lifetime. In Losing It, Smith Galer shares the eye-opening stories of ordinary people affected by sex misinformation and finds that many of us are unable to access the world of sexual freedom that we’ve been promised. She draws on her own experiences – and the expertise of a new generation of sex educators – to uncover a world that subscribes to a wide catalogue of sex myths. This book tackles: The Virginity Myth: Does having sex for the first time alter us biologically? The Sexlessness Myth: Who is abstaining and why? The Virility Myth: Why do men feel so much pressure to have sex? The Consent Myth: Is there more to it than just saying no? Losing It challenges the status quo and empowers people from all backgrounds and any age to rewrite the story of their sex lives.
Full Product Details
Author: Sophia Smith Galer
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: William Collins
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.270kg
ISBN: 9780008475598
ISBN 10: 0008475598
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 14 April 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
'The best thing on the internet today' News18.com 'Sophia Smith Galer is a journalist and linguist who shares the ins and outs of life in the newsroom with her followers. Being hot on current affairs Sophia doesn't shy away from tackling big societal issues and discussing them in her videos in a bid to educate the community.' TIKTOK 'A BBC journalist who has built a dedicated TikTok following by showcasing her life as a journalist and exploring the interplay between language, identity and her mixed heritage background' GLAMOUR
Author Information
Sophia is a reporter, writer and documentary maker with the BBC World Service, specialising in religion and digital culture. She is the first BBC journalist to be on TikTok and has accrued over 200,000 followers across social media. She was named as a 'Voice of Change' in the TikTok 100 best of 2020 and sits as an inaugural member of the TikTok Creator Council. She was also selected as a One to Watch by the Edinburgh Television Festival in 2020 and has a Webby in Social Media for Arts and Culture. This will be her first book.
