Graduation Semester and Year
2022
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Sociology
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
First Advisor
Kelly Bergstrand
Abstract
This study investigates high school students’ understanding of sexual consent and healthy relationships. While many studies have investigated practices, concepts, and definitions of consent among college-aged students, this research focuses on adolescents. How do teenagers define consent? With the rise of the #metoo movement, has awareness of consent and its practice changed? This qualitative study interviewed fifteen high school students in Texas, ranging in age from 15 to 18 years old. The results of this study are clear: high school students participate in hookup culture despite a lack of education and curriculum of consent practices. This research also sheds light on social media’s role in educating teenagers about consent and healthy relationships.
Keywords
Consent, Rape culture, Hookup culture, Social media, #metoo
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Favor, Erica Joy, "Sexual Consent: Conceptualizations, Practices, and Education Among Texas High School Students" (2022). Sociology & Anthropology Theses. 92.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/sociologyanthropology_theses/92
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington