In Leslie Bell's "Selections from Hard to Get: Twenty-Something Women and the Paradox of Sexual Freedom," she explores the concept of individual identity. ... Every piece of 'modern' advice about maintaining independence and using their twenties to explore and experiment sexually is layered over a piece of 'old-fashioned' advice about getting married before it's 'too late,' not being too assertive or passionate in sex, and not being too sexually experienced" (27). ... On one side women are told to have experiences in their twenties and ...

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