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Sex& drugs &rock-n-roll
American Teen and College Culture!!!!
outline
Introduction
Issues
sexual activity
drug use
Implications
introduction
Address common Q’s regarding American teen life.
Dispel myths and stereotypes.
Goals:
KWLWhat do you think you know about sex and drugs in the United States?
-What age do people start having sex and using drugs?-What percentage of people have sex and use drugs before 18? -What percentage have sex before marriage?-What is the general outlook of sex and drugs in the United States?-What else do you know?
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What do you want to know about sex and drugs in the United States?
Little History of US Culture
When it changed
sex
“Dating” is socially acceptable and common.
Though awkward…Morals and views are So different about what is appropriate
Dating
• Online dating service members include 40 million American users! That accounts for 40% of the single adults in America!
• Compared to this, China alone accounts for 140 million users and India has 15 million users of online dating!
Sex Percentages in Teens
• By age 15, only 13% of teens have ever had sex
46% of all high school students have not had
sexual intercourse
By their 19th birthday, 70% of males
& females have had intercourse.
What do you notice About the percentages? What is the big change here?
Sex
• What kind of culture do you think this leads to? With a high percentage of teenagers having sex?
9 out of 10 teens say it
would be easier for them to
avoid sexual activity if they were able to
have more open conversations
with their parents.
You would think
It leads to a more
Open society that
Speaks aboutSex. But not
so much….
What we see/popular
Who do you think is most likely to have sex first?
• Males or Females?
Overall, male high school
students (49.8%) were more likely
than female students (45.9%) to have had sex.
What we hear
sex
Substantial decline since 1995.
Safer.
In 2007, 47.8% of high school students (grades 9-12) reported ever having had sexual intercourse, down from 54% in 1991.
Abma J.C. et al., Teenagers in the United States: sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006–2008, Vital and Health Statistics, 2010, Series 23, No. 30.
There is a strong other side
Still Controversial though
Sex
Define “free sex”
Abma J.C. et al., Teenagers in the United States: sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006–2008, Vital and Health Statistics, 2010, Series 23, No. 30.
Drugs
Legal
alcohol
prescriptions
Illegal
Marijuana(some places)
cocaine
heroin
etc.
Drugs
Alcohol
24% of all high schoolers reported occasional or binge drinking in the past month.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2008). Healthy youth: alcohol & drug use. Retrieved August 29, 2010, from http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/alcoholdrug/index.htm
What percentage of teens use alcohol in the US?
Will Ferrell/Celebrities
Football Players
Alcohol Use
• Alcohol use among teens has dropped to historically low levels.
• 3.6 percent of 8th graders
• 14.5 percent of 10th graders
• 28.1 percent of 12th graders
• Why is this?
Drugs
Marijuana (12th graders)
6% daily use
21% past-month
decline since 1970s
recent increase since “legalization”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2008). Healthy youth: alcohol & drug use. Retrieved August 29, 2010, from http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/alcoholdrug/index.htm
DAZED AND CONFUSED, MAN
DRUG QUIZ! WOULD YOU BE MOCKED?
• What is?
A. doobie
B. yahoo
C. Antifreeze
D. blunt
E. Jay
F. Snow
G. Dust
H. Special K
I. Ice
J. Cheeba
K. Crunk
L. Cannabis
• A. Marijuana rolled into a joint
• B. Crack Cocaine
• C. Heroin
• D. Marijuana and tobacco mixed
• E. Joint of Marijuana
• F. Cocaine
• G. PCP
• H. Ketamine(hallucinogenic)
• I. cocaine
• J. Marijuana
• K. Drunk and High
• L. Marijuana
implications
(too) Many do, most don’t.
implications
Reflections of broader social norms...
implications
... and broader social ills.
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What did you learn?
Thankyou