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