What Gen Z Women Think about Sex Right Now (with writer Peggy Orenstein)

About this episode

Peggy Orenstein discusses her findings on Gen Z women's perspectives on sex and celibacy.

Peggy Orenstein is an author and journalist who has interviewed countless young women about their sex lives, including Hope. In the midst of writing the follow-up to her popular book Girls & Sex , Peggy stops by the podcast to share her newest findings. As it turns out, you can’t have a conversation about young women and their intimate lives today without talking about celibacy.   Do you have a boysober story to share? We'd love to hear from you! Email us a voice note at  boysoberpodcast@gmail.com , or leave a voicemail at (518) 83-SOBER. Please say your name before leaving your message, and don’t forget to include your phone number in case we want to follow up. By leaving a voicemail, you are giving Boysober permission and license to use some or all of your message in our show. But if you want to be anonymous, please state that in your call.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Peggy Orenstein

Topics covered

• Gen Z
• women
• sex
• celibacy
• intimate lives
• relationships

Keywords

• Gen Z
• women
• sex lives
• celibacy
• Peggy Orenstein
• intimacy
• relationships

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Girls & Sex

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