Not under My Roof Parents, Teens, and the Culture of Sex

Name: Not under My Roof Parents, Teens, and the Culture of Sex
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ISBN: 9780226736198

ISBN-10: 0226736199

ISBN-13: 9780226736198

Edition: 2011

Authors: Amy T. Schalet

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For American parents, teenage sex is something to be feared and forbidden: most would never consider allowing their children to have sex at home, and sex is a frequent source of family conflict. In the Netherlands, where teenage pregnancies are far less frequent than in the United States, parents aim above all for family cohesiveness, often permitting young couples to sleep together and providing them with contraceptives. Drawing on extensive interviews with parents and teens, Not Under My Roofoffers an unprecedented, intimate account of the different ways that girls and boys in both countries negotiate love, lust, and growing up. Tracing the roots of the parents' divergent attitudes, Amy…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Raging Hormones, Regulated Love



Dutch Parents and the Sleepover



American Parents and the Drama of Adolescent Sexuality



Adversarial and Interdependent Individualism



"I Didn't Even Want Them to Know": Connection through Control



"At Least They Know Where I Am": Control through Connection



Romantic Rebels, Regular Lovers



Sexuality, Self-Formation, and the State


Conclusion Beyond the Drama


Methodological Appendix


Notes


References


Index