Ready or Not …? Teen Sexuality and the Troubling Discourse of Readiness

Datos Bibliográficos

ID17557920
AutoresCatherine Ashcraft (0000-0001-9706-1042, University of Colorado Boulder, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen37
Número4
Páginas328-346
Fecha de publicación2006-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnthropology & Education Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0161-7761 • E-ISSN: 1548-1492
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/aeq.2006.37.4.328
OpenAlexW2055986474
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas26

In this article, I explore how talk about being “ready” or “not ready” for sex shapes teen and adult understandings of sexuality. I argue that this “discourse of readiness” poses serious threats to teens' identity development, sexual decision making, and educators efforts to help them through these processes. To illustrate, I draw from my nine‐month ethnography, examining how participants used readiness discourses to make sense of their sexualities. I suggest implications for educators, policy makers, and researchers in anthropology and education

Aesthetics · Discourse analysis · Ethnography · Human sexuality · Pedagogy · Sex education · Sexual identity · Sexuality education · Sociology · Anthropology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media

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