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Sexuality

Sexuality. North America: restrictive or permissive attitudes toward sexuality? Evidence? Where do most adolescents get information about sex? Misinformation adolescents receive about sex and birth control?. Adolescent sexuality. Canadian statistics regarding age at first intercourse.

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Sexuality

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  1. Sexuality North America: restrictive or permissive attitudes toward sexuality? Evidence? Where do most adolescents get information about sex? Misinformation adolescents receive about sex and birth control?

  2. Adolescent sexuality • Canadian statistics regarding age at first intercourse. • Rotermann (2005): 2003 Canadian Community health Survey. • Boyce 2003

  3. Boyce et al. (2003)

  4. How many sexually active adolescents are using birth control or condoms?

  5. Rotermann (2005)

  6. Fisher, Boroditsky, & Morris (2004)

  7. Adolescent sexuality • Why do so few adolescents use condoms? • Sex education: are such programs doing their job? • Sexual scripts (Gagnon & Simon, 1973; Gagnon, 1977; 1990) • Stereotyped patterns of behavior involving role prescriptions for how an individual should sexually behave. • Cultural script sexuality • Ideal vs. real

  8. Are sexual scripts still apparent today? • Double standard in terms of sexual behavior?

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