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Forbidden Fruit - Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers (Hardcover)
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Forbidden Fruit - Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers (Hardcover)
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Americans remain deeply ambivalent about teenage sexuality. Many
presume that such uneasiness is rooted in religion. But how exactly
does religion contribute to the formation of teenagers' sexual
values and actions? What difference, if any, does religion make in
adolescents' sexual attitudes and behaviors? Are abstinence pledges
effective? What does it mean to be "emotionally ready" for sex? Who
expresses regrets about their sexual activity and why?
Tackling these and other questions, Forbidden Fruit tells the
definitive story of the sexual values and practices of American
teenagers, paying particular attention to how participating in
organized religion shapes sexual decision-making. Merging analyses
of three national surveys with stories drawn from interviews with
over 250 teenagers across America, Mark Regnerus reviews how young
people learn-and what they know-about sex from their parents,
schools, peers and other sources. He examines what experiences
teens profess to have had, and how they make sense of these
experiences in light of their own identities as religious, moral,
and responsible persons.
Religion can and does matter, Regnerus finds, but religious claims
are often swamped by other compelling sexual scripts. Particularly
interesting is the emergence of what Regnerus calls a new middle
class sexual morality which has little to do with a desire for
virginity but nevertheless shuns intercourse in order to avoid
risks associated with pregnancy and STDs. And strikingly,
evangelical teens aren't less sexually active than their
non-evangelical counterparts, they just tend to feel guiltier about
it. In fact, Regnerus finds that few religious teens have
internalized or areeven able to articulate the sexual ethic taught
by their denominations. The only-and largely ineffective-sexual
message most religious teens are getting is, "Don't do it until
you're married." Ultimately, Regnerus concludes, religion may
influence adolescent sexual behavior, but it rarely motivates
sexual decision making.
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