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Mixed Messages
Mixed Messages
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In Mixed Messages, Stefanie Mollborn examines how social norms and social control work through in-depth interviews with college students and teen mothers and fathers, revealing the tough conversations teeangers just can't have with adults. Delving into teenagers' complicated social worlds Mollborn argues that by creating informal social sanctions like gossip and exclusion and formal communication such as sex education, families, peers, schools, and communities strategize to gain control over teens' behaviors. However, while teens strategize to keep control, they resist the constraints of the norms, revealing the variety of outcomes that occur beyond compliance or deviance.
By proving that the norms existing today around teen sex are ineffective, failing to regulate sexual behavior, and instead punishing teens that violate them, Mollborn calls for a more thoughtful and consistent dialogue between teens and adults, emphasizing messages that will lead to more positive health outcomes.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
294
Release Date:
2017-03-14
Publication Date:
2015-07-31
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0190633271
ISBN13:
9780190633271
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
608 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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