Davidson Sexting

Gender and Teens
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-94-6209-851-0
Verlag: SensePublishers
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 132 Seiten

Reihe: The Future of Education Research

Sexting: Gender and Teens provides a close-up look into the intimate and gendered world of teens and those who live with and work with them. The author draws upon interviews with teens, parents and caregivers, and many others who work with teens from teachers and youth workers to principals and police, we learn how the new digital world is still permeated by beliefs and patterns of earlier patriarchal structures. This three state study reveals there are significant gendered differences among teens in their perspectives on sexting, and these differences have implications for how to respond to the issue of teen sexting. Adults, too, demonstrate gendered differences in their views on teen sexting, and these differences have an important impact on the shaping of youth views about gender and sexuality. As one mother said, “Girls set the pace, and boys notch the bedpost.” Some key findings include: • The human curriculum of sexuality is both conserving and adapting, and these two impulses are always interacting. • We are in the midst of social and technological changes that have vast implications for all of our cultural notions, including sexuality. • Regarding sexting: Adults are pointing fingers in many directions and leaving adolescents to fend for themselves. This compelling account—presented through the words of participants—provides a vivid introduction to hands-on social research that will be of interest to those in gender and women’s studies as well as the broader disciplines that touch upon these concerns, such as sociology, education, psychology, media studies, criminal justice, and other fields. Sure to spark strong opinions and discussion, the book offers opportunities for sustained engagement with topics of critical interest to today’s digital world. Judith Davidson, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at University of Massachusetts–Lowell, where she teaches qualitative research methods.As a methodologist, she is particularly interested in the use of digital tools in qualitative research and working with research design for complex projects. She is a co-founder of the cross-campus Qualitative Research Network and has overseen numerous qualitative research dissertations, both activities that allow her to enjoy coaching qualitative research. She has consulted and worked on qualitative research projects in diverse areas from sexting to technology integration in K-12 schools.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davidson, Judith

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;TABLE OF CONTENTS;6
2;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;10
3;CHAPTER 1: GENDER, YOUTH, AND INTIMACY AS SEENTHROUGH THE LENS OF SEXTING;12
3.1;THE HUMAN CURRICULUM OF SEXUALITY;13
3.2;DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES + SEX = SEXTING;14
3.3;THE STUDY BEHIND THIS STUDY:OR WHERE THE DATA CAME FROM;15
3.4;THE GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BOOK;17
3.4.1;Why Gender?;17
3.4.2;Adolescence and Technology;19
3.5;THE MEDIA;21
3.6;CONCLUSIONS;22
4;CHAPTER 2:PEOPLE, PLACES, AND PROCESSES;24
4.1;PEOPLE AND PLACES;24
4.1.1;Youth;25
4.1.2;Parents;25
4.1.3;Other Adults;27
4.2;PROCESSES;28
4.3;NOTES TO THE READER;30
4.4;NOTE;31
5;SECTION I:INTRODUCTION;32
5.1;YOUTH VOICES;32
6;CHAPTER 3:TEEN GIRLS AND THE PHENOMENON OF SEXTING;33
6.1;HOW GIRLS DEFINE SEXTING;33
6.2;GIRLS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTIVATIONS FOR SEXTING;34
6.2.1;Romantic Relationships;35
6.2.2;Peers: Social Status, Power, and Control;38
6.2.3;Sexuality;41
6.3;SEXTING: MORAL EVALUATIONS AND DANGERS;43
6.4;LAYERS OF SHAME: THE CONSEQUENCES OF SEXTINGFROM GIRLS’ PERSPECTIVES;44
6.5;WHO WILL GUIDE GIRLS THROUGH THESEDANGEROUS WATERS?;46
6.5.1;Adults in School;47
6.6;THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA;48
6.7;GIRLS’ LIVES IN THESE CHANGING TIMES;49
7;CHAPTER 4:TEEN BOYS AND THE PHENOMENON OF SEXTING;51
7.1;SEXTING AND BOYS: DIVERSITY OF OPINIONS AND PRACTICES;51
7.2;MOTIVATIONS PROPELLING BOYS TO SEXTING;52
7.2.1;Sex;53
7.2.2;Peers, Social Relations, and Power;54
7.2.3;Romantic Relationships;55
7.2.4;Media as a Motivator for Sexting;57
7.3;CONSEQUENCES FROM A BOY’S POINT OF VIEW;58
7.4;GENDER, CLASS, AND SEXUALITY: THE CASE OF THE FLIP;62
7.5;WHO WILL GUIDE BOYS?;65
7.5.1;Parents;65
7.5.2;Other Adults;66
7.6;BOYS’ LIVES IN THESE CHANGING TIMES;68
8;SECTION I: CONCLUSION:COMPARING THE VIEWS OF GIRLS AND BOYS;70
9;SECTION II: INTRODUCTIONADULT VOICES;75
10;CHAPTER 5:PARENTING TEENS IN THESE DIGITAL TIMES;76
10.1;CONTEXTS OF TODAY’S FAMILIES AND THE ISSUESIMPINGING ON GENDER;78
10.1.1;Technology;78
10.1.2;The Sexualized Nature of Society;79
10.2;PARENTS’ GENDERED UNDERSTANDINGS OF THEMOTIVATIONS FOR TEEN SEXTING;80
10.2.1;Romance and Intimacy;80
10.2.2;Peers and Social Competition;80
10.2.3;Girls: Have They Changed?;83
10.3;TEEN SEXTING: PARENTAL VIEWS OF THEGENDERED CONSEQUENCES;84
10.4;FROM PARENTS’ PERSPECTIVES: WHO WILL GUIDE TEENS?;87
10.5;CONCLUSION;89
11;CHAPTER 6:OTHER ADULTS IN YOUNG PEOPLE’S LIVES;91
11.1;DEFINING SEXTING;91
11.2;MAKING SENSE OF SEXTING IN TODAY’S DIGITAL,SEXUALIZED WORLD;92
11.3;MOTIVATIONS FOR SEXTING AND THEIRGENDERED IMPLICATIONS;94
11.3.1;Romance;94
11.3.2;Peer Social Hierarchy—Power and Ranking;95
11.3.3;Sex, and Not Sex, as Motivations for Sexting;95
11.3.4;Sexting as Accidental or Happenstance;97
11.3.5;Blame the Technology;98
11.4;GENDER AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUTHWHO WOULD OR WOULD NOT SEXT;98
11.4.1;Boys Who Would Sext;99
11.4.2;Girls Who Would Sext;100
11.4.3;Who Are the Youth Who Do Not Sext?;101
11.5;WHO WILL GUIDE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR NEED FOR INFORMATION ABOUTSEXUALITY, INTIMACY, AND GENDER?;101
11.6;CONCLUSIONS;103
12;SECTION II: CONCLUSION:COMPARING THE VIEWS OF ADULTS;105
13;CHAPTER 7:CONCLUSIONS;108
13.1;FINDINGS;108
13.2;RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRACTICE;118
13.3;CAVEATS AND CONSIDERATIONS;119
13.4;THE LAST WORDS;119
14;REFERENCES;121
15;INDEX;127