Return to Modesty

"Her book has touched a nerve in a society overdosed on sex...Shalit defends...compellingly, shame, privacy, gallantry, and sexual reticence."

Tamala M Edwards, Time

"Ms Shalit marshals impressive evidence from philosophers as well as the tabloids to make her case for a return to modesty - as both a sexual ideal and a strategy for greater pleasure... [a] serious yet bouncy study."

Ruth R Wisse, The Wall Street Journal

"A Return To Modesty provides one invaluable service. There is a growing body of scholarly research on young adulthood that may, in the aftermath of Shalit's booming polemic, be more difficult to ignore."

Emily Eakin, The New York Times Book Review

"The book of the moment...makes a compelling case for the idea that the sexual revolution hasn't been entirely good for women or men...Social workers, health professionals and other who bemoan the loss of 'boundaries' in the lives of troubled girls will find a hopeful message in this book."

Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times