{"product_id":"kids-gone-wild-from-rainbow-parties-to-sexting-understanding-the-hype-over-teen-sex-9780814760734","title":"Kids Gone Wild: From Rainbow Parties to Sexting, Understanding the Hype Over Teen Sex","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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo hear mainstream media sources tell it, the sex\u003cbr\u003elives of modern teenagers outpace even the smuttiest of cable television shows.\u003cbr\u003eTeen girls \"sext\" explicit photos to boys they like; they wear \"sex bracelets\"\u003cbr\u003ethat signify what sexual activities they have done, or will do; they team up\u003cbr\u003ewith other girls at \"rainbow parties\" to perform sex acts on groups of willing\u003cbr\u003eteen boys; they form \"pregnancy pacts\" with their best girlfriends to all\u003cbr\u003ebecome teen mothers at the same time. From The Today Show, to CNN, to the New York Times, stories of these events\u003cbr\u003ehave been featured widely in the media. But are most teenage--or\u003cbr\u003eyounger--children really going to sex parties and having multiple sexual\u003cbr\u003eencounters in an orgy-like fashion? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResearchers\u003cbr\u003esay no--teen sex is actually not rampant and teen pregnancy is at low levels.\u003cbr\u003eBut why do stories like these find such media traffic, exploiting parents'\u003cbr\u003eworst fears? How do these rumors get started, and how do they travel around the\u003cbr\u003ecountry and even across the globe? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Kids Gone Wild, \u003cbr\u003ebest-selling authors Joel Best and Kathleen A. Bogle use these stories about\u003cbr\u003ethe fears of the growing sexualization of childhood to explore what we know\u003cbr\u003eabout contemporary legends and how both traditional media and the internet perpetuate\u003cbr\u003ethese rumors while, at times, debating their authenticity. Best and Bogle\u003cbr\u003edescribe the process by which such stories spread, trace how and to where they have moved, and track how\u003cbr\u003ethey can morph as they travel from one medium to another. Ultimately, they find\u003cbr\u003ethat our society's view of kids raging out of control has drastic and\u003cbr\u003eunforeseen consequences, fueling the debate on sex education and affecting policy\u003cbr\u003edecisions on everything from the availability of the morning after pill to who\u003cbr\u003eis included on sex offender registries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA\u003cbr\u003esurprising look at the truth behind the sensationalism in our culture, Kids Gone Wild is a much-needed wake-up\u003cbr\u003ecall for a society determined to believe the worst about its young people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest, Joel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJoel Best\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology \u0026amp; Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. He has published more than twenty books on social problems and deviance, including Threatened Children, Random Violence, Damned Lies and Statistics, and The Student Loan Mess (with Eric Best.)\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBogle, Kathleen A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eKathleen A. Bogle\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at La Salle University in Philadelphia. She is the author of Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus.","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845543432466,"sku":"9780814760734","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a824086f-fb40-4429-805c-5280c122512f.jpg?v=1737353356","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kids-gone-wild-from-rainbow-parties-to-sexting-understanding-the-hype-over-teen-sex-9780814760734","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}