The Motorway to Adulthood: Music Preference as the Sex and Relationships Roadmap

Autor/inn/en	Agbo-Quaye, Sena; Robertson, Toby
Titel	The Motorway to Adulthood: Music Preference as the Sex and Relationships Roadmap
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 10 (2010) 4, S.359-371 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
Schlagwörter	Music; Focus Groups; Adolescents; Sexuality; Interpersonal Relationship; Decision Making; Role; Musicians; Beliefs; Sex Education; Peer Influence; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musik; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sexualität; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Rollen; Musiker; Belief; Glaube; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Ausland
Abstract	Factors that contribute to sexual decision-making among young people are varied, and several determinants have been identified as contributing to the process. However, the influential role of music preference has been sidelined both in the literature and by sex and relationships educators. The research outlined in this paper explores the normative impact of music preference, and highlights the importance of influences drawn from teen culture. A preliminary study had indicated that representations of sex and relationships within lyrics were found to be genre specific. The main study comprised six single-sex focus group discussions on music and sex with young people aged between 14 and 19 years. Thematic analysis revealed that preferred genre and artists were found to be associated with all aspects of participants' lives and culture generally, with music functioning specifically as an educational tool for adult relationships. The findings from these studies indicate that the norms portrayed by young people's preferred genres reinforce (oftentimes inappropriate) beliefs about sex and adult relationships. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10