Andrew’s Reviews > Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity > Status Update

Chaptet 6, "I Know I'm a Good Guy, But..." is a deep dive into how boys and men understand and misunderstand consent and is an intensely helpful read.

Orenstein rightly stresses the individual testimonies and is choosy about bringing in sociological research or anecdotal observations, but when she does do the latter, she isn't playing casually. This paragraph about recent bad incidents at fraternities is brief but horrific.

Really appreciate that Orenstein goes deep enough into her subjects' stories to draw out nuance. Right now I'm in the story of Xavier, and Orenstein giving me the full context of his soccer injury is really making me think about how boys will often injure themselves "accidentally" but it coincides with difficulties with anger.