Schalet s book may be the most useful scholarly work ever written about adolescent sexuality.
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Parents teens and the culture of sex.
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Most would never consider allowing their children to have sex at home and sex is a frequent source.
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In not under my roof amy schalet mines the radically different american and dutch understandings of adolescent sexuality their different takes on lust love gender hormones control and selfhood and comes away with scholarly gold carefully researched wicked smart and filled with the voices and stories of parents and teenagers schalet s is one of the best books on sexuality and.
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Her comparison of how parents and society deal with teens and sex in holland and the united states is all the more significant since both societies have been strongly influenced by calvinist protestantism and both cultures prize social equality individuality and autonomy.
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Tends not to be a comic subject especially in ya but under my roof takes nuclear proliferation to a brilliant a.
For the tone and themes of the book the cover just doesn t work i very much enjoy a lot of debut short story collections by female authors.
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The university of chicago press 2011 312 pp.
For american parents teenage sex is something to be feared and f.
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Winner of the healthy teen network s carol mendez cassell award for excellence in sexuality education and the american sociological association s children and youth section s 2012 distinguished scholarly research award for american parents teenage sex is something to be feared and forbidden.
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