Sex and consent in contemporary youth sexual culture: the ‘ideals’ and the ‘realities’
Setty, Emily (2020) Sex and consent in contemporary youth sexual culture: the ‘ideals’ and the ‘realities’ Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning.
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Abstract
Sexual consent has increasingly become a central component of Relationships and Sex Education. This paper draws upon findings from qualitative research conducted with teenagers in England, which explored their perspectives on consent within their con- temporary youth sexual cultures, including in digital (sexting) contexts. The findings suggest that young people’s definitions of consent often did not correspond to the socially- and contextually contingent realities of negotiating and establishing consensual sex(ting). While young people’s contemporary sexual cultures may look somewhat different, longstanding gender norms and sexual scripts shaped their attitudes towards consent. The implications of the findings for RSE are discussed, including the need for more collaborative dialogue and exchange between educators and learners that engages with the situated realities of contem- porary youth sexual culture.
Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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Divisions : | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Department of Sociology | ||||||
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Date : | 2020 | ||||||
Funders : | University of Surrey | ||||||
DOI : | 10.1080/14681811.2020.1802242 | ||||||
Copyright Disclaimer : | © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group | ||||||
Uncontrolled Keywords : | Sex; Sexting; Gender; Consent; Youth; Youth culture | ||||||
Depositing User : | Clive Harris | ||||||
Date Deposited : | 01 Sep 2020 13:15 | ||||||
Last Modified : | 01 Sep 2020 13:15 | ||||||
URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/858520 |
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