1st Edition
Puberty, Sexuality and the Self Girls and Boys at Adolescence
By Karin Martin
Copyright 1996
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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Puberty, Sexuality and the Self considers the effects of puberty and teenage sexuality on adolescents. By analyzing interviews with 55 teenagers, Karin Martin finds that girls' self-esteem drops significantly more than boys' does at adolescence. While this finding is supported by previous studies, Martin picks up where these earlier studies leave off by focusing on girls' development and... Read more
chapter 1 ADOLESCENT BODIES AND SEXUALITY chapter 2 THEORIZING SEXUAL SUBJECTIVITY , GENDER, AND ADOLESCENCE E chapter 3 “MY HAIR IS MY ACCOMPLISHMENT”:GENDER DIFFERENCES AT PUBERTY chapter 4 “ I COULDN’T EVER PICTURE MYSELF HAVING SEX GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SEX AND SEXUAL SUBJECTIVITY chapter 5 “YOU COULD JUST TAK E M E AND FLIP IT O V E R ”:PARENTS AND ADOLESCENT SELVES chapter 6 “YOU JUST HAVE TO BE TRUE TO YOURSELF”: GIRLS AS SUBJECTS chapter 7 “HOW GUYS APPROACH YOU AND WHAT YOUR CHOICES ARE ” :LOOKING FOR SOLUTION
Biography
Karin A. Martin is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University Of Michigan where she teaches and does research on gender and sexuality of children and adolescents.
