@article{350874,
      recid = {350874},
      author = {Males, Mike A.},
      title = {Teenage sex and pregnancy : modern myths, unsexy realities  /},
      publisher = {Praeger,},
      address = {Santa Barbara, Calif. :},
      pages = {viii, 256 p. ;},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {Surprisingly, in light of popular belief, pregnancy among  younger teens in the United States is at the lowest levels  ever. Perhaps even more astonishingly, the best studies  show teen motherhood is not socially costly and may even be  economically beneficial for certain poor populations, and a  lot of press panics about teen sex turn out to be complete  fabrications. How do we separate truth from myth when it  comes to this hot-button subject? Teenage Sex and  Pregnancy: Modern Myths, Unsexy Realities analyzes the  extensive deceptions and fears surrounding discussion of  teenage sex and pregnancy, including their relationship to  popular culture, poverty, adult sexual behaviors, and  anxieties toward the increasingly public roles of young  women. Award-winning author and researcher Mike Males  argues that today's discussions rely largely on falsehoods  and the suppression of crucial realities. His work details  a new view of popular culture as a largely beneficial  feature of teens' lives and presents a carefully documented  analysis demolishing destructive myths about the "new  girl." Debunking popular arguments, he shows that the teen  sex debate is mired in interest-group talking points that  ignore difficult realities to advance the politically  attuned agendas of today's "privatized social policy." It's  time, he writes, to modernize the discussion, recognizing  that teens act in ways consistent with their interests,  with the sexual behaviors of adults, and with the school  and job opportunities afforded them.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/350874},
}