The staff of New York Magazine conducted an informal study of the self-reported sexual behavior of teenagers from four different New York City public schools, and then asked their parents to guess their child’s answers to the same questions. The results (which can be viewed here: http://nymag.com/lifestyle/sex/annual/2005/15078/) showed that parents consistently underestimate what their adolescent children have experienced. This suggests a significant difference in the normative sexual behavior of these two generations. Our purpose is to investigate how sexual morality changes from generation to generation, specifically, the changing definition of the term “promiscuity”. This blog will document the progress of a qualitative sociological study of the changing meaning of this contentious word, and its implications for and role in dictating sexual behavior.
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