Mixed messages : norms and social control around teen sex and pregnancy / Stefanie Mollborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mollborn, Stefanie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers--Sexual behavior.

Teenagers.

Teenage pregnancy.

Sexual ethics.

Social norms.

Social control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2017

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.

Contents:

1. Norms and Social Control around Teen Sexuality 2. Theorizing about Norms and Social Control 3. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": Sexuality Norms and Social Control at Home 4. "What Are People Going to Think?": The Influence of Close Friends and Peers 5. "Scare It into Us": School Norms and Social Control 6. "Carrying a Stigma": Communities and Teen Sexuality 7. "Say One Thing and Do Another": Teens React to Norms and Social Control 8. Conclusion

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-063330-1

0-19-063331-X

0-19-063329-8