Title: Hilariously self-congratulatory
Review: Now that no one reads Katie Roiphe or Elizabeth Wurtzel anymore the geniuses behind the bookselling business produce us the flip side of the coin: another smug and overprivileged young woman who thinks her shallow life experiences in elite schools qualifies her to make vast generalizations about American sexual culture. The only difference is that Shalit is attacking female promiscuity rather than praising it. Her self-congratulatory prose--particularly at the book's beginning--makes A RETURN TO MODESTY something of a camp classic (that title alone!).Here's a tip: if you're really interested in current sexual politics or in women and sexuality, try reading something by someone over thirty who has actually done some reading and research and who has spoken to women outside her immediate peer group and economic class. Shalit, like Roiphe and Wurtzel, is pretty thin stuff.
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