Boys Will Be Boys... Or Not? An Analysis of Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors of Male Teenagers in Young Adult Literature
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- February 28, 2019
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Lynch, Jennifer
- Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
- Abstract
- It is no secret that a large part of the current young adult population is sexually active in some way. According to the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, 47.9 percent of high school males reported having engaged in sexual intercourse in a 2005 survey. Male teenagers are often seen as hormone-driven and sex-crazed, with thoughts primarily consumed by how to have sex and from whom they can get it. In young adult literature, novels with female protagonists often portray males in this way, with the female characters trying to function around their advances. This focus of this study was to determine whether male teenagers are portrayed in that way in novels where they are the protagonists. Twelve current young adult novels were read, analyzed, and discussed, with emphasis on the males' sexual attitudes and behaviors.
- Date of publication
- April 2009
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- Advisor
- Hughes-Hassell, Sandra
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- 53
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- abb1808a-3405-4d7b-866b-f35807dc08b2
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- Open access
- Date uploaded
- March 6, 2013
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