scholarly journals Gender identity disorder in young people

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 458-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Di Ceglie
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Female Body ◽  
Gender Identity Disorder ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Male Role ◽  
Physical Strength ◽  
True Story ◽  
New Situation

The recent film Boys Don't Cry illustrates in a highly dramatised form the problems that the phenomenon of gender identity disorder can create in an extreme situation. The film is based on the true story of a young person, Brandon, with a female body who perceived himself as a male. In the film we do not know when the issue of his male gender identity first appeared, but we see him living in a male role as a teenager trying to conceal, to his peers, the reality of his female body. (I refer to Brandon as ‘he’ because this is how Brandon presents himself in the film. The dilemma about using ‘he’ or ‘she’ typically confronts professionals in the management of teenagers like Brandon.) The struggles of these concealments are well portrayed, as in the scene when he steals tampons from a shop. He joins in male activities and displays of physical strength as a confirmation of his male role. He is well accepted as a boy within a troubled and troublesome group of young people. He falls passionately in love with a girl, Lana, who accepts him as he is without much questioning, and a close intimate relationship develops, which the peer group seems to accept. The reality of his body is eventually revealed. His girlfriend can accept the new situation, but had she really not known or had she turned a blind eye? Unfortunately, two young men become more and more disturbed by this realisation. It stirs a primitive violence in them, which leads first to Brandon's rape and then to his murder.

Sexting

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Bond
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Age Of Consent ◽  
Legal Frameworks

Sexting has recently attracted both media and academic attention. Mostly associated with adolescents, sexting, broadly speaking, refers to the production of and sharing of a naked or semi-naked image or a sexualized message via digital technology. Understanding sexting behaviors, however, is rather more complex and current commonly used definitions do not adequately address the different types of sexting and the different motivations and consequences that sexting behaviors have. Both media and public discourse have centered on the risks of sexting in relation to children and young people, as have policy responses to sexting activity. Concerns over a child being groomed online and being coerced or threatened into sending a naked or semi-naked picture by someone seeking sexual gratification has been the focus of policy debate and many public educational campaigns across the globe. Similarly, other campaigns have depicted the child or young person as a victim who sends a sexualized image to a peer that is then posted on a social media site or shared widely among a peer group causing the sender humiliation and distress. While these are both clear examples of digital abuse that have been the center of public awareness campaigns, it is often argued that current legal frameworks are insufficient to provide an adequate and appropriate response in many sexting cases, as there is considerable diversity in the circumstances and the contexts of sexting behaviors. As such it is argued that the (il)legality of sexting is such that it fails to recognize young people’s agency and that they may be choosing to produce and share images of themselves by choice. While it is legal to have sex with consent in many countries at age 16, it is still illegal to take a photo of either one’s own body or that of another if they are under 18 (even if over 16 and, thus, over the age of consent to have sex in many countries). As a consequence, some young people are being criminalized by the very laws designed to protect them. In reality many young people view sexting (although they do not use such terminology) as a mundane, fairly everyday thing to do, especially when they are in a romantic, intimate relationship and they are sharing the images with each other within the context of a trusting relationship. However, it is usually when that relationship breaks down that the image is more likely to be shared with others or published online with often harmful psychological and emotional consequences for the person depicted in the image. Sadly, some young people have committed suicide as a result of an image being publically shared. While the media, public, and, indeed, academic attention has focused on sexting in relation to children and young people, such behaviors are also experienced by adults who are similarly victims of digital abuse; yet many adult victims fail to receive protection from the criminal justice system when an image or video is published online without their consent. This is more commonly known as revenge pornography.

scholarly journals ABSTINÊNCIA E CONSUMO DE BEBIDAS ALCOÓLICAS ENTRE OS ALUNOS DO ENSINO SECUNDÁRIO

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Jorge Bonito ◽  
María Boné
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Young People ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Direct Method ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Personal Recovery ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Contact ◽  
Abstinence From Alcohol

Abstract:ABSTINENCE AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTSA young person tend to drink alcohol due to the curiosity, imitation belonging to a peer group and in some cases the motivation of the family. Alcohol is therefore socially tolerated moderate alcohol consumption can lead risk forms of consumption. The study shows that attempts to understand the consumption and abstinence from alcohol consumption among young people in secondary education who attend a school in the district of Evora in co use of learning spaces and leisure. The research was qualitative in nature developed using the direct method of data collection. Ten interviews were held, five to five to young consumers and non-consumers, the students of the 10th and 12th grades. The results point towards the first contact with alcoholic beverages held in nocturnal atmosphere by active or tacit influence of peers. The alcoholic behavior is common and inherent in party environments. A behavior modification, group membership, seems to indicate the change of individual behavior in relation to alcohol consumption. Young people are not consumers have tried drinking alcohol however, want the taste of some, or the effects they cause, are not stimulating consumption, unnecessary considering your intake to personal recovery and for peer interaction.Key-words: Alcohol, youth, consumption, abstinence.Resumo:Os jovens tendem a ingerir álcool em função da curiosidade, imitação, pertença a um grupo de pares e, em alguns casos, a motivação dos familiares. O álcool é tolerado socialmente e, em consequência, os consumos moderados de álcool podem conduzir a formas de consumo de risco. O estudo que se apresenta procura compreender o consumo e a abstinência da ingestão de bebidas alcoólicas, entre os jovens do ensino secundário que frequentam a mesma escola e que utilizam coincidentes espaços de lazer. A investigação foi desenvolvida numa escola do distrito de Évora (Portugal). Foi de caráter qualitativo recorrendo ao método direto de recolha de informação. Realizaram-se vinte entrevistas, a dez jovens não consumidores e a dez consumidores, alunos do 10.º e do 12.º anos de escolaridade. Os resultados do estudo apontam no sentido do primeiro contacto com bebidas alcoólicas decorrer em ambiente noturno por influência ativa ou tácita dos pares. O comportamento alcoólico é comum e inerente a ambientes de festa. Uma alteração de comportamento, do grupo de pertença, parece indicar para a alteração do comportamento individual, em relação ao consumo de bebidas alcoólicas. Os jovens não consumidores já experimentaram tomar bebidas alcoólicas, todavia, quer o sabor de algumas, quer os efeitos que provocam, não são estimuladores do consumo, considerando desnecessária a sua ingestão para a valorização pessoal e para a convivência interpares.Palavras-chave: Álcool, jovens, consumo, abstinência.

Surgical Treatment of Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia in a Patient with Gender Identity Disorder

2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 489-495
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Nakamura ◽  
Yusuke Watanabe ◽  
Kiyoaki Tsukahara ◽  
Ujimoto Konomi ◽  
Daigo Komazawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Gender Identity Disorder ◽  
Spasmodic Dysphonia ◽  
Adductor Spasmodic Dysphonia

To Study & Implementation the Impact of Youth Mentoring

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 122-129
Author(s):  
Monika Bansal ◽  
Sh. Lbs Arya Mahila
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Youth Mentoring ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Study Implementation ◽  
Responsible Adult ◽  
The Impact

Youth Mentoring is the process of matching mentors with young people who need or want a caring responsible adult in their lives. It is defined as an on-going relationship between a caring adult and a young person which is required for self-development, professional growth and carrier development of the mentee and mentors both and all this must be placed within a specific institution context. The purpose of this article is to quantitatively review the three major areas of mentoring research (youth, academic, and workplace) to determine the overall effect size associated with mentoring outcomes for students.

AN EXPLORATION OF GENDER DIFFERENCES IN TEENAGERS’ USE, CONSUMPTION AND DIGITAL PRODUCTION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corina-Maricica Seserman ◽  
Daniela Cojocaru
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
The Way

Today’s teenagers have a very close relationship with ICTs and the digital space related to them, as they have impacted the way the youth constructs their sense of self and the tools they use to perform their carefully constructed identity. One key element which influences the way one constructs their views by themselves is within the boundaries set by their biological sex and therefore through the behaviors associated with their asigned gender. Through the symbolic interactionist lense, or more specifically through Goffman's dramaturgical theory on the manner in which one presents him/herself in society, this paper looks at the manner in which teenagers use social media platforms and at the way they consume and create digital content in order to present their gender identity. The way teenagers consume and produce digital content differs and depends on how they interpret their ideals of femininity and masculinity, which are afterwards reproduced in the content they post on their social media pages. Therefore this research is an attempt to understand what are the factors teenagers take in account when consuming and producing content. What gender differences can be observed in regards to new media consumption? What difference can be observed in online activity behaviors between males and females? How do they feel about their gender identity concerning fitting in with their peer group? A mix-methodological approach was engaged in the data collection process. In the first stage of the research highschool students (n=324) from the city of Suceava (Romania) participated in taking an online survey. The initial intent was to meet with the young respondents in person, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic this was deemed impossible. For the second stage of data collection, six of the participants who took the online survey were invited to participate in a focus group designed to grasp a better understanding of the results from the previous stage. The discovered findings uncover engaging gender similarities and differences in social media consumption and the type, subject, matter and style in which they posted their content, but also in regards to the performance of the self between the online and offline space.

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