Talking to Teens about Sex: Mothers Negotiate Resistance, Discomfort, and Ambivalence
Talking to Teens about Sex: Mothers Negotiate Resistance, Discomfort, and Ambivalence
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DOI：
10.1007/s13178-010-0023-0
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Elliott, Sinikka
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作者：
Elliott, Sinikka
仅限节欲的性教育在一定程度上是基于这样一个前提，即父母是孩子最好的性教育者。相比之下，对40名青少年母亲的深入采访表明，这些母亲在与孩子谈论性方面遇到了许多挑战。在这篇文章中，我考察了母亲们对《谈话》的描述中最常见的三个障碍。首先，母亲们认为她们的孩子对这些对话非常抵触。其次，他们在与青少年谈论性和性行为时会感到尴尬和不适。第三，他们在何时、什么时候和孩子谈论这些话题时表现出矛盾的态度。我认为，这些障碍是由围绕育儿、性和青春期的文化焦虑和矛盾形成的，过去30年来的辩论、政策和项目助长了这些焦虑和矛盾，这些辩论、政策和项目宣扬了儿童和青少年性行为的危险话语。结语部分讨论了本研究的社会政策含义。
Abstinence-only sex education is based in part on the premise that parents are their children's best sex educators. In-depth interviews with 40 mothers of teenagers suggest, by contrast, that these mothers experience numerous challenges around talking to their children about sexuality. In this paper, I examine three of the most common barriers in mothers' accounts of "the talk." First, mothers perceive their teenagers as highly resistant to these conversations. Second, they experience embarrassment and discomfort around talking to their teens about sex and sexuality. Third, they expressed ambivalence about when, what, and how much to say to their children about these topics. I argue that these obstacles are shaped by cultural anxieties and contradictions around parenting, sexuality, and adolescence that are fueled by debates, policies, and programs over the past 30 years that have promulgated a danger discourse of child and teen sexuality. The conclusion discusses the social policy implications of this research.