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High School Context, Heterosexual Scripts, and Young Women's Sexual Development.

Jennifer Pearson1

  • 1Department of Sociology, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 67260-0025, USA. jennifer.pearson@wichita.edu.

Journal of Youth and Adolescence
|June 2, 2018
PubMed
Summary

High school sexual cultures influence young women's sexual attitudes and adult relationship initiation. However, their impact on adult sexual experiences, like pleasure, is limited, suggesting other factors are more significant.

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Area of Science:

  • Sociology of Education
  • Adolescent Health
  • Sexual Development

Background:

  • School cultures significantly shape adolescent sexual behavior.
  • The influence of school context on sexual attitudes and sense of self is less understood.
  • This study examines how high school sexual cultures impact young women's sexual development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the association between high school sexual cultures and young women's sexual attitudes in adolescence.
  • To investigate the link between school sexual cultures and young women's adult sexual experiences.
  • To understand the role of school environment in shaping sexual development during the transition to adulthood.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized three waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N=1,017).
Keywords:
AdolescenceSchool contextSexual developmentSexual relationshipsSexualityTransition to adulthood

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  • Measured school sexual cultures via aggregated student beliefs and behaviors.
  • Employed multilevel analyses to assess associations with sexual attitudes and adult sexual experiences.

    • Main Results:

    • School sexual cultures significantly influence young women's attitudes toward sex and contraception.
    • Attended schools with higher religious attendance or guilt/shame correlated with less equal initiation in adult relationships.
    • School sexual cultures had a relatively small impact on adult sexual experiences, particularly sexual pleasure.

    Conclusions:

    • High schools play a crucial role in shaping young women's sexual attitudes.
    • School environment is associated with adult relationship dynamics, but has limited influence on sexual pleasure.
    • Proximal contexts and relationships appear more influential for adult sexual behaviors and experiences.