Not Under My Roof Book Review

In not under my roof amy schalet mines the radically different american and dutch understandings of adolescent sexuality their different takes on lust love gender hormones control and selfhood and comes away with scholarly gold carefully researched wicked smart and filled with the voices and stories of parents and teenagers schalet s is one of the best books on sexuality and.

Not under my roof book review.

Book reviews amy t. In the book not under my roof amy schalet demonstrates that in the netherlands society provides information and support about sexuality to teenagers. Winner of the healthy teen network s carol mendez cassell award for excellence in sexuality education and the american sociological association s children and youth section s 2012 distinguished scholarly research award for american parents teenage sex is something to be feared and forbidden. For american parents teenage sex is something to be feared and f.

For the tone and themes of the book the cover just doesn t work i very much enjoy a lot of debut short story collections by female authors. Read 15 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. In contrast america s perspective of adolescent sexuality. Her comparison of how parents and society deal with teens and sex in holland and the united states is all the more significant since both societies have been strongly influenced by calvinist protestantism and both cultures prize social equality individuality and autonomy.

The normalization of sexual behavior in the netherlands has allowed teenagers to develop a greater control over their sexual desires. Parents teens and the culture of sex. Not under my roof book. Not under my roof.

Request permissions view permissions information for this article. Schalet not under my roof. Schalet s book may be the most useful scholarly work ever written about adolescent sexuality. Most would never consider allowing their children to have sex at home and sex is a frequent source.

Tends not to be a comic subject especially in ya but under my roof takes nuclear proliferation to a brilliant a. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Vol 26 issue 6 pp. Parents teens and the culture of sex.