"An excellent example of applied folklore."
-- "Western Folklore"
"A book with a wonderful interdisciplinary idea-using sexual
urban legends as part of high school and college sex
education"
"--The Women's Review of Books, Oct. 2001"
"Provocatively bridges the interdisciplinary gap between
folklore and sexuality education."
--"Journal of Folklore Research"
"One might assume that a book on urban legends would be too
pop-culturish to be of value to serious sexuality educators and
students, but one would be wrong...Whatley and Henken hae written a
book that is as intelligent as it is interesting and funny."
--"The Journal of Sex Research"
Ever hear the one about the man who wakes up after a chance
sexual encounter to discover he's been involuntarily relieved of
one of his kidneys? Or the tiny gift-wrapped box from a recently
departed lover that reveals a horrible secret? Everyone knows
contemporary legends, those barely believable, often lurid,
cautionary tales, always told as though they happened to the friend
of a friend. Sometimes we pass them on to others unsure of their
truthfulness, usually we dismiss them as mere myth. But these
far-fetched legends tell us quite a bit about our deepest fears and
fantasies.
In fact, a large part of what we know about our bodies we have
learned informally, from kids on the playground or colleagues at
work, from piecing together the information contained in folk
beliefs, jokes and legends. Sexual folklore goes beyond classroom
lessons of mechanics to answer many questions about what people
actually do and how they do it.
Mariamne H. Whatley and Elissa R. Henken have collected hundreds
of sexually-themed stories andjokes from college students in order
to tell us what they reveal about our sexual attitudes and show us
how they have changed over time. They confront myths and
stereotypes about sexual behavior and use folklore as a tool to
educate students about sexual health and gender relations. Whether
analyzing popular rumors about celebrity emergency room visits or
the latest schoolyard jokes, Did You Hear About The Girl Who . . .
? presents these tales in a way that is intriguing and
educational.
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