Sexual Communication in the Digital Age: Adolescent Sexual Communication with Parents and Friends About Sexting, Pornography, and Starting Relationships Online

Adolescent pornography consumption: A symbolic interactionist lens

“…In other words, some adolescents might view pornography as a helpful resource in understanding themselves better. A few studies suggested that adolescents may consume pornography in attempts to make sense of their own sexuality (Bőthe et al, 2019; McCormack & Wignall, 2017; Widman et al, 2021). Specifically, McCormack and Wignall (2017) collected qualitative interview data from young men at a university in the United States.…”

Paauglių bendravimo su tėvais lytiškumo temomis vertinimas

“…Paaugliai taip pat pastebi, kad tėvai kalbėdami su jais lytinių santykių, lytinės sveikatos temomis stengiasi kalbėti paslaptingai, švelniai, vengia nemalonių, šiurkščių ar nepadorių teiginių ir siekia globoti ar saugoti juos nuo diskomforto patyri mo arba slepia savo žinių trūkumą (Kaestle, Allen, Wesche, & Grafsky, 2021). Nustatyta (Widman et al, 2021), kad šiuolaikiniai paaugliai domisi pornografija, pradeda lankytis tokiuose interneto puslapiuose, kur yra skatinamas tam tikras vaikui žalingas elgesys, ieško pažinčių socialiniuose tinkluose ir dalijasi seksualinio pobūdžio nuotraukomis, tačiau nėra įprasta, kad paaugliai šiomis temomis kalbėtųsi su tėvais. Tėvų vengimas ar nenoras diskutuoti lytinio elgesio ir lytinės sveikatos temomis gali reikšti nesupratimą, kad jų paaugliai jau taip elgiasi.…”

Youth Encounters with Internet Pornography: A Survey of Youth, Caregiver, and Educator Perspectives

“…Minimal research contributes to an understanding of how caregivers can play a role in young people's encounters with IP as a cultural resource (Scarcelli, 2014), especially how caregivers perceive and understand youth encounters more generally, and what this means for their communication with youth about IP (Livingstone & Bober, 2004;Rothman et al, 2017). Caregivers perceive youth encounters with IP as inherently negative, and are fearful and embarrassed about discussing the issue with youth, even if they would like open dialogue on the topic (Davis et al, 2019;Dawson, 2020;Tsaliki, 2011;Widman et al, 2021;Zurcher, 2017). Gender influences how parents communicate with youth about IP, with fathers reportedly less likely to engage in discussion than mothers (Boniel-Nissim et al, 2020).…”

“…Although there is a large body of research on youth engagement with various mediated intimacies (e.g., sexting) (Stanley et al, 2018;Widman et al, 2021), no published work to date has concurrently examined the perspectives of caregivers and educators as well as young people about youth encounters with IP. Additionally, given IP is an inevitably gendered topic (Attwood, 2005), it is unknown as to whether, like youth encounters, these adult perceptions are gendered.…”