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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778323803321

Autore

Regnerus Mark

Titolo

Forbidden fruit [[electronic resource] ] : sex & religion in the lives of American teenagers / / Mark D. Regnerus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009., 2007

ISBN

0-19-988648-2

1-282-27067-2

9786612270673

0-19-974494-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

248.830973

Soggetti

Teenagers - Sexual behavior - United States

Teenagers - Religious life - United States

Sex - Religious aspects

Teenagers - United States - Conduct of life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-283) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Fashioning New Stories from Old Wisdom; Chapter 2 Can Religion Cause Behavior?; Chapter 3 Learning Sexuality; Chapter 4 Motivating Sexual Decisions; Chapter 5 Sexual Experience; Chapter 6 Imitation Sex and the New Middle-Class Morality; Chapter 7 A Typology of Religious Influence; Conclusions; Unscientific Postscript; Appendix A: Regression Models; Appendix B: Research Methods; Appendix C: Interview Questions on Sex; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As is evident from contemporary debates about sex education, Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. While many presume that such reticence is rooted in religion, how exactly religion contributes to the formation of teenagers' sexual values and behaviors has been poorly understood before now. Does religion really motivate the sexual choices of a significant segment of adolescent society? Are abstinence pledges effective? Is there evidence for a ""technical virginity"" phenomenon among religious teenagers? What does it mean to be ""emotionally ready"" for sex? Who expresses