Gender and sexual agency
Subtitle: how young people make choices about sex
By: Heather Powers Albanesi.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9780739134986; 9780739135006
Subjects: Youth -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: "Gender and Sexual Agency considers how heterosexual Latino American, Asian American and white youth negotiate sexual encounters. In particular, the book examines sexual agency, exploring the question of why some young people assertively pursue what they want in a sexual encounter, while others go along with sexual activity they do not want. By comparing both young men and young women, Heather Powers Albanesi offers a unique perspective on how an individual's emotional experience of gender informs his or her willingness to exercise sexual agency." "Using interviews to support her theoretical argument, Albanesi describes 11 different types of sexual agency, ranging from having strong convictions about their sexual decisions to abdicating responsibility to their partner. As the expressers of sexual agency, the voices of these youth from primarily working-class backgrounds come through to take us into their sexual decisions as they understand and experience them within the context of their lives. Ultimately, regardless of the decision, the book shows that it is young people's experience of gender that both shapes and allows them to make sense of these sexual choices."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-157) and index.
Table of contents: title: The sexual landscape today : a promise unfulfilled?; title: Gender and sexual agency; title: Shari-playing the game; title: Juan-refusing a "player" masculinity; title: Qui-maintaining a Christian identity; title: Maya-asserting a feminine vulnerability; title: Claire-"my parents can count on me!"; title: Margaret-deferring to partner pressure; title: Antonio-choosing to abdicate control; title: Laura-deferring to momentum; title: Carolyn-a cynical romantic; title: Lilly-moving toward mutuality; title: Michael-keeping sex special; title: Personal sense of gender and sexual agency.