Puberty, Sexuality and the Self Girls and Boys at Adolescence

Name: Puberty, Sexuality and the Self Girls and Boys at Adolescence
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ISBN: 9780415914253

ISBN-10: 0415914256

ISBN-13: 9780415914253

Edition: 1997

Authors: Karin Martin

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Puberty, Sexuality and the Selfconsiders the effects of puberty and teenage sexuality on adolescents. By analyzing interviews with 55 teenagers, Karin Martin finds that girls' self-esteem drops significantly more than boys' does at adolescence. While this finding is supported by previous studies, Martin picks up where these earlier studies leave off by focusing on girls' development and considering different experiences of puberty and sex as an explanation for girls' greater drop in self-esteem. Puberty, Sexuality and the Selfexamines voice change, breast development, shaving, expectations of sex, the decision to have sex, experiences of sex and how boys and girls manage their emotions and…

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/11/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 166
Size: 7.44" wide x 8.98" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Adolescent Bodies and Sexuality



Theorizing Sexual Subjectivity, Gender, and Adolescence



"My Hair Is My Accomplishment": Gender Differences at Puberty



"I Couldn't Ever Picture Myself Having Sex...": Gender Differences in Sex and Sexual Subjectivity



"You Could Just Take Me and Flip It Over": Parents and Adolescent Selves



"You Just Have to Be True to Yourself": Girls as Subjects



"How Guys Approach You and What Your Choices Are": Looking for Solutions


Methodological Appendix


Interview Schedule


Endnotes


References