{"product_id":"teenage-sex-and-pregnancy-mike-a-males-9780313385612","title":"Teenage Sex and Pregnancy: Modern Myths, Unsexy Realities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis detailed, exhaustively documented account shows how and why just about everyone in today's teen pregnancy debate is wrong--often disastrously so.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeenage Sex and Pregnancy: Modern Myths, Unsexy Realities\u003c\/i\u003e presents a unique view of its subject by analyzing the extensive myths and fears that surround 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning author 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 politically attuned agendas. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike A. Males\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313385610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313385612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010 pg. 489\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 150","brand":"Mike A. Males","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086482944255,"sku":"9780313385612","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ace451e-efe7-4d65-b533-835ac9478747.jpg?v=1769094924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/teenage-sex-and-pregnancy-mike-a-males-9780313385612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}