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    Generation Y: re-writing the rules on sex, love and consent

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    Author
    POWELL, ANASTASIA
    Date
    2007-10
    Affiliation
    Arts: Centre for Public Policy
    Arts: Department of Criminology
    Education: Youth Research Centre
    School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology
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    Document Type
    PhD thesis
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    Powell, A. (2007). Generation Y: re-writing the rules on sex, love and consent. PhD thesis, School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology, The University of Melbourne.
    Access Status
    Open Access
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/39369
    Linked Resource URL
    http://cat.lib.unimelb.edu.au/record=b3173391
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    © 2007 Dr. Anastasia Powell

    Abstract
    This thesis explores the love/sex relationships of 117 young people (aged 14 to 24) of diverse sexualities from rural and urban Victoria. Drawing significantly on the sociological theory of Pierre Bourdieu and engaging with postmodern feminist and gender theorists, young people’s negotiation of sexual consent is examined. In-depth interview and focus group data depict a world of unwritten and persistent, but not unchangeable, ‘rules’ regarding sex, love and consent. For the young people participating in this research, the negotiation of safe and consensual sex means navigating these multiple and sometimes contradictory meanings. Young people are simultaneously positioned within social structures and in relation to gendered discourse, resulting in varying opportunity for active reflection and communication of what they and a partner might want from a sexual encounter. This thesis argues for reform of policy and educative responses to youth sex and sexual violence, in order to reinforce young people’s ability to actively negotiate safe and consensual sex.
    Keywords
    youth; sexuality; education; sexual violence; prevention

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