Masturbation and the Media

Watson, AF; McKee, A

Masturbation and the Media

Watson, AF McKee, A

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Sexuality and Culture, 2013, 17 (3), pp. 449 - 475
Issue Date:: 2013-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Watson, AF	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McKee, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0577-2061	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-09-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Sexuality and Culture, 2013, 17 (3), pp. 449 - 475	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1095-5143	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/116005
dc.description.abstract	This paper explores the important role the media play in informing young people about masturbation. A pilot study of focus groups with twenty-two young Australians aged between 14 and 16 explored what they know about sex and sexuality, and where they have found that knowledge. This paper reports on their knowledge about masturbation. Although researchers agree that masturbation can be a positive part of healthy sexual development, most young people reported that they received very little positive information about it from their parents or in formal sex education in school. These young people's discussions around this topic were largely ambivalent, but also highly complex due to the varying levels and types of information that they receive. In this context the media play a vital role in providing information about masturbation through books and magazines for young women, and television comedies for young men. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Sexuality and Culture	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s12119-013-9186-1	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Public Health	en_US
dc.title	Masturbation and the Media	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	17	en_US
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
utslib.for	1608 Sociology	en_US
utslib.for	2002 Cultural Studies	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/FASS Faculty Administration
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pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	17	en_US

Abstract:

This paper explores the important role the media play in informing young people about masturbation. A pilot study of focus groups with twenty-two young Australians aged between 14 and 16 explored what they know about sex and sexuality, and where they have found that knowledge. This paper reports on their knowledge about masturbation. Although researchers agree that masturbation can be a positive part of healthy sexual development, most young people reported that they received very little positive information about it from their parents or in formal sex education in school. These young people's discussions around this topic were largely ambivalent, but also highly complex due to the varying levels and types of information that they receive. In this context the media play a vital role in providing information about masturbation through books and magazines for young women, and television comedies for young men. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.

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