"When you carry condoms all the boys think you want it": negotiating competing discourses about safe sex

Article Abstract:

A survey was conducted among Australian rural senior students to find out their concept of safe sex and to study the usefulness and hindrances to safe sex practice among adolescents in rural communities. The results show that rural teenagers believe that safe sex equals condom use, which is the focus of sex education in Australian schools. Aside from sexually transmitted diseases, productive sex leads to adolescence pregnancy which will lead to economic problems as well as community ridicule. Therefore, safe sex practices that fit within the context of adolescence should be promoted.

Australia, Students, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Schools, Study and teaching, Sex education, Safe sex

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Gendered (s)explorations among same-sex attracted young people in Australia

Article Abstract:

Research designed to bring a more detailed understanding of gendered subjectivity into discussions of young people and homosexuality is presented. Young people are hampered by the restrictiveness of available gendered positions from which to examine their sexuality.

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"I was terrified of being different": exploring gay men's accounts of growing-up in a heterosexist society

Article Abstract:

Research into accounts of gay identity formation during adolescence is presented. The fact that constructing a gay identity can be a very traumatic process is highlighted.

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