scholarly journals Sexting among Young People: Towards a Gender Sensitive Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Agnew
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Practice Level ◽  
Youth Sexuality ◽  
Childhood And Youth ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

Drawing on key theoretical debates on childhood and youth sexuality in tandem with primary data, the article builds upon and advances existing narratives regarding the tensions surrounding gender, pressure and sexting behaviours among young people. Ultimately, the article illustrates a number of gendered pressures which exist when young people engage in sexting, including a prevailing culture of sexism and exposure to a very prevalent sexual double standard. The range and diversity of gendered pressures present thus raises important questions regarding “appropriate” interventions. Consequently, the author argues for a gender sensitive approach at both policy and practice level. In doing so, the article provides new insights on the complexity of gender roles and thus presents a more nuanced understanding of sexting among young people than previous narratives have suggested.

Sexual double standard and affective-sexual behaviors in adolescence

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Otília Brites Zangão ◽  
Maria Margarida Sim-Sim
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Ethical Component

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the perception of young people in relation to the Sexual Double Standard in the context of emotional-sexual experiences. Method: this is about a descriptive study from quantitative approach. Data were collected in a Secondary School in the Alentejo region in 2007, authorization was requested by the Executive Council, mindful of the ethical component of data collection with humans. The study population was the student of the school has been chosen by a random sample of 288 students. The data were collected through self-completion questionnaire, being treated with SPSS version 18.0. Results: boys are more conservative than girls, and according to the data, older people are more conservative, as well as those who have more experiences of intercourse. The study results portray how teenagers live their sexuality, girls who “promise but does not" and the boys with his way of showing their excessive sexuality. However we found that overall the sample is more liberal than traditionalist. Conclusion: the boys differ significantly from that for girls, the differences between attitudes and sexual behaviors according to gender support the permanence of the sexual double standard. Descriptors: gender identity; sexual double standard; sexuality; adolescent; sexual behavior.RESUMOObjetivo: identificar a percepção dos jovens em relação ao Duplo Padrão Sexual no contexto das vivências afetivo-sexuais. Método: estudo descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa. Os dados foram colhidos numa Escola Secundária da região Alentejo/Portugal em 2007, foi solicitada autorização ao Conselho Executivo, tendo presente a componente ética de recolha de dados com seres humanos. A população em estudo foi a dos alunos da instituição escolar tendo-se optado por uma amostra acidental de 288 alunos. Recolheram-se os dados através de questionário de auto-preenchimento, sendo tratados no programa SPSS versão 18.0. Resultados: os rapazes são mais conservadores do que as moças e de acordo com os dados, os mais velhos são mais conservadores, assim como aqueles que têm mais experiencias de coito. Os resultados do estudo retratam a forma como os adolescentes vivem a sua sexualidade, as moças que “promete mas não dá” e os rapazes com a sua forma excessiva de demonstrar a sua sexualidade. No entanto verificámos que no geral a amostra é mais liberal do que tradicionalista. Conclusão: os rapazes diferem significativamente das moças pelo que, as diferenças entre as atitudes e os comportamentos sexuais segundo o gênero apoiam a permanência do duplo padrão sexual. Descritores: identidade de gênero; duplo padrão sexual; sexualidade; adolescente; comportamento sexual.RESUMEN Objetivo: identificar la percepción de los jóvenes en relación con la doble moral sexual en el contexto de las experiencias afectivo-sexual. Método: estudio descriptivo con enfoque cuantitativo. Los datos fueron recolectados en una escuela secundaria en la región de Alentejo en 2007, la autorización fue solicitada por el Consejo Ejecutivo, teniendo en cuenta el componente ético de la recopilación de datos con los seres humanos. La población de estudio fue el estudiante de la escuela ha sido elegida por una muestra aleatoria de 288 estudiantes. Los datos fueron recolectados a través de cuestionario de auto-realización, siendo tratado con el programa SPSS versión 18.0. Resultados: los niños son más conservadoras que las niñas, y de acuerdo a los datos, las personas mayores son más conservadores, así como aquellos que tienen más experiencias de las relaciones sexuales. Los resultados del estudio describen cómo los adolescentes viven su sexualidad, las niñas que "promete, pero no" y los chicos con su manera de mostrar su sexualidad excesiva. Sin embargo, encontramos que, en general la muestra es más liberal que tradicionalista. Conclusión: los niños difieren significativamente de las niñas, las diferencias entre las actitudes y los comportamientos sexuales de acuerdo a apoyar la incorporación de la permanencia de la doble moral sexual. Descriptores: identidad de género; doble estándar sexual; sexualidad; adolescente; conducta sexual.

scholarly journals Toxicity and Femininity in Love Island: How Reality Dating Shows Perpetuate Sexist Attitudes Towards Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Denby
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Double Standard ◽  
Sexual Double Standard ◽  
Heterosexual Relationships ◽  
Emotional Intimacy ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Sexist Attitudes ◽  
Physical Intimacy ◽  
Sex Positive

Using episodes of ITV2’s Love Island (2016–2020) as a case study, this paper explores the extent to which reality dating shows perpetuate sexist attitudes towards women through a heteronormative focus. Examining the operation of gender roles in Love Island, in the context of emotional intimacy and physical intimacy, this paper proposes that the performance and portrayal of heteronormative ideals disadvantage women. Specifically, by presenting female contestants as overly emotional and irrational, outdated stereotypes surrounding emotionality and hysteria are reproduced within Love Island. Moreover, the stigmatization of sex-positive women in Love Island demonstrates the existence of a sexual double standard wherein male contestants are celebrated for their sexual prowess, while female contestants are shamed and deemed unruly, by virtue of their sexual dominance. Fundamentally, this paper contributes to research on contemporary sexualities by demonstrating how, despite the cultural shift towards greater gender equality, traditional gendered ideals continue to exist in heterosexual relationships, which serve to disadvantage women.

THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF SKHOTHANE ON YOUTH’S (UNDER)DEVELOPMENT AT EKURHULENI’S TO WNSHIP(S) OF SOUTH AFRICA

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ndwakhulu Tshishonga
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Youth Culture ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Culture Of Poverty ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Cultural Implications ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
Ultimate Purpose

This article examines the socio-economic implications that the controversial sub-culture of skhothane has on the development or underdevelopment of youth at Ekurhuleni and surrounding townships. It interrogates skhothane within the post-modern expressive youth culture. In the township(s) of Ekurhuleni, skhothane is regarded not only as a controversial sub-culture but also as a lifestyle whereby young people compete in acquiring material goods with the ultimate purpose of destroying them. This practice co-exists alongside youth unemployment and underdevelopment which is exacerbated by poverty, rising unemployment and gross inequalities. The author argues that the practice of skhothane sub-culture does not only undermine the policies and programmes aimed at the socio-economic upliftment of young people, but turns the youth into materialistic consumers. In this article, young people are viewed as victims of post-modern lifestyles who are socialised under an intergenerational culture of poverty and underdevelopment. It uses primary data from selected interviews with skhothane members and general members of local communities and secondary sources from books, accredited journals and newspapers.

Material World: Gender and the Bible in Evangelical Purity Culture

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Moslener
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young People ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
The United States ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Material World ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Teenage Girls ◽  
Traditional Gender Roles ◽  
The Bible

For evangelical adolescents living in the United States, the material world of commerce and sexuality is fraught with danger. Contemporary movements urge young people to embrace sexual purity and abstinence before marriage and eschew the secular pressures of modern life. And yet, the sacred text that is used to authorize these teachings betrays evangelicals’ long-standing ability to embrace the material world for spiritual purposes. Bibles marketed to teenage girls, including those produced by and for sexual purity campaigns, make use of prevailing trends in bible marketing. By packaging the message of sexual purity and traditional gender roles into a sleek modern day apparatus, American evangelicals present female sexual restraint as the avant-garde of contemporary, evangelical orthodoxy.

On the Need for a Nuanced Understanding of “Community” in Heritage Policy and Practice

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Mulligan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Community Formation ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Power Needs ◽  
Heritage Policy ◽  
Complete Process ◽  
Community Identities

The alleged benefits of community participation in cultural resource management has been an article of faith in the international heritage community since the early 1990s, yet the ambiguous and multi-layered concept of community is commonly deployed uncritically. This chapter argues that “community” should be seen as an open-ended, never complete process rather than end-product. It suggests that heritage practitioners inevitably contribute to the creation of a sense of community at scales ranging from the local to the national. The projection of community identities can enhance or undermine social cohesion at and across geographic scales and the chapter argues that heritage practitioners need to work with a nuanced understanding of their role in the creation of community identities. The link between heritage values and community formation remains powerful but the power needs to be unleashed with due diligence.

scholarly journals ‘You're not sure that you are gay yet’: The perpetuation of the ‘phase’ in the lives of young disabled LGBT + people

Sexualities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 516-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Toft ◽  
Anita Franklin ◽  
Emma Langley
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Authentic Identity ◽  
Sexuality And Gender ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
Lgbt People ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Identity Shifts

Contemporary discourse on sexuality presents a picture of fluidity and malleability, with research continuing to frame sexuality as negotiable, within certain parameters and social structures. Such investigation is fraught with difficulties, due in part to the fact that as one explores how identity shifts, language terms such as ‘phase’ emerge conjuring images of a definitive path towards an end-goal, as young people battle through a period of confusion and emerge at their true or authentic identity. Seeing sexuality and gender identity as a phase can delegitimise and prevent access to support, which is not offered due to the misconception that it is not relevant and that one can grow out of being LGBT+. This article explores the lives of disabled LGBT + young people from their perspective, using their experiences and stories to explore their identities and examine how this links to the misconception of their sexuality and gender as a phase. Taking inspiration from the work of scholars exploring sexual and gender identity, and sexual storytelling; the article is framed by intersectionality which allows for a detailed analysis of how identities interact and inform, when used as an analytic tool. The article calls for a more nuanced understanding of sexuality and gender in the lives of disabled LGBT + young people, which will help to reduce inequality and exclusion.

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