{"product_id":"kids-gone-wild-2","title":"Kids Gone Wild","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe myths and truths of teen's sexual behavior.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 Brian McConnell Book Award presented by the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nTo hear mainstream media sources tell it, the sex\u003cbr\u003e\nlives of modern teenagers outpace even the smuttiest of cable television shows.\u003cbr\u003e\nTeen girls “sext” explicit photos to boys they like; they wear “sex bracelets”\u003cbr\u003e\nthat signify what sexual activities they have done, or will do; they team up\u003cbr\u003e\nwith other girls at “rainbow parties” to perform sex acts on groups of willing\u003cbr\u003e\nteen boys; they form “pregnancy pacts” with their best girlfriends to all\u003cbr\u003e\nbecome teen mothers at the same time. From The Today Show, to CNN, to the New York Times, stories of these events\u003cbr\u003e\nhave been featured widely in the media. But are most teenage—or\u003cbr\u003e\nyounger—children really going to sex parties and having multiple sexual\u003cbr\u003e\nencounters in an orgy-like fashion? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nResearchers\u003cbr\u003e\nsay no—teen sex is actually not rampant and teen pregnancy is at low levels.\u003cbr\u003e\nBut why do stories like these find such media traffic, exploiting parents’\u003cbr\u003e\nworst fears? How do these rumors get started, and how do they travel around the\u003cbr\u003e\ncountry and even across the globe?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIn Kids Gone Wild,\u003cbr\u003e\nbest-selling authors Joel Best and Kathleen A. Bogle use these stories about\u003cbr\u003e\nthe fears of the growing sexualization of childhood to explore what we know\u003cbr\u003e\nabout contemporary legends and how both traditional media and the internet perpetuate\u003cbr\u003e\nthese rumors while, at times, debating their authenticity. Best and Bogle\u003cbr\u003e\ndescribe the process by which such stories spread, trace how and to where they have moved, and track how\u003cbr\u003e\nthey can morph as they travel from one medium to another. Ultimately, they find\u003cbr\u003e\nthat our society’s view of kids raging out of control has drastic and\u003cbr\u003e\nunforeseen consequences, fueling the debate on sex education and affecting policy\u003cbr\u003e\ndecisions on everything from the availability of the morning after pill to who\u003cbr\u003e\nis included on sex offender registries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA\u003cbr\u003e\nsurprising look at the truth behind the sensationalism in our culture, Kids Gone Wild is a much-needed wake-up\u003cbr\u003e\ncall for a society determined to believe the worst about its young people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Joel Best, Kathleen A. Bogle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573485076662,"sku":"9780814760659","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780814760659.jpg?v=1712136842","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/kids-gone-wild-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}