Mixed messages, norms and social control around teen sex and pregnancy, Stefanie Mollborn
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Label
Mixed messages, norms and social control around teen sex and pregnancy, Stefanie Mollborn
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Mixed messages
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
960905880
Responsibility statement
Stefanie Mollborn
Series statement
Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
norms and social control around teen sex and pregnancy
Summary
Teenagers in the US hear mixed messages about sexuality from the people and institutions around them. These social norms are important for understanding teen sexuality because they shape teens' sexual behaviours and because the negative sanctioning of norm violators affects teens' lives. Struggles over norms and enforcement around teen sexuality are also a major cultural battleground in US society today. Based on 133 in-depth interviews with college students and teen mothers and fathers, this work reveals teenagers' fascinating and complicated social worlds of communication and silence, rules and inconsistencies, control and evasion, hidden behaviours and threatened reputations. The text develops theoretical tools for understanding norms and social control in ways that attend to social inequalities and emphasize conflict and change.--, Provided by publisher
Target audience
specialized
Creator
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