Mixed Messages - Norms and Social Control Around Teen Sex and Pregnancy

American teenagers hear mixed messages about sex and sexuality. Struggles over teen sexuality norms and their enforcement are a major cultural battleground. What are these norms, and what makes them effective or ineffective?

About the author

Stefanie Mollborn is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Summary

American teenagers hear mixed messages about sex and sexuality. Struggles over teen sexuality norms and their enforcement are a major cultural battleground. What are these norms, and what makes them effective or ineffective?

Product details

• Authors: Stefanie Mollborn, Stefanie (Associate Professor of Sociolo Mollborn, Mollborn Stefanie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780190633271
• ISBN: 978-0-19-063327-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; USA, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Social Work, Social, group or collective psychology, United States of America, USA, Sociology: sexual relations, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Age groups: adolescents, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality