Pop culture prof comments on celebrity, celibacy

By Arthur Page

Release Date: August 16, 2005 This content is archived.

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Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, is quoted in an Associated Press article on celebrities and virginity. She says that celibacy "has become a new way to sell sex when sex has become commonplace and fairly uninteresting." The article appeared in nearly 200 media outlets, including USA Today, The New York Times, Newsday, Syracuse Post Standard, New York Post, Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post and the Houston Chronicle. Go to article.