1st Edition
My Mother Said... The Way Young People Learned About Sex and Birth Control
By Christine Farrell
Copyright 1978
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Based on over 1500 interviews with a national random sample of 16- to 19-year-olds in 1974–5, originally published in 1978, My Mother Said… examines the sources of information encountered by young people during their early years which helped or hindered them in their acquisition of knowledge about sex and birth control.
The study explores teenage patterns of sexual behaviour and contraceptive... Read more
Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction 2. Sexual Behaviour 3. Knowledge of Birth Control and Venereal Disease and Attitudes to Abortion 4. Sources of Information About Sex and Birth Control 5. What Did Mother Say? 6. Parents’ Beliefs and Actions 7. Family Relationships 8. Sex Education in School 9. Home and School 10. My Friend Told Me 11. Friendships and Leisure Activities 12. Doctors, Teenagers and Contraception 13. Learning, Satisfaction and Experience 14. Conclusions. Appendices. Bibliography. I ndex.
Biography
Christine Farrell in collaboration with Leonie Kellaher
