{"product_id":"new-gay-teenager-9780674022560","title":"New Gay Teenager","description":"\u003cp\u003eGay, straight, bisexual: how much does sexual orientation matter to a teenager's mental health or sense of identity? In this down-to-earth book, filled with the voices of young people speaking for themselves, Ritch Savin-Williams argues that the standard image of gay youth presented by mental health researchers--as depressed, isolated, drug-dependent, even suicidal--may have been exaggerated even twenty years ago, and is far from accurate today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Gay Teenager\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a refreshing and frequently controversial introduction to confident, competent, upbeat teenagers with same-sex desires, who worry more about the chemistry test or their curfew than they do about their sexuality. What does \"gay\" mean, when some adolescents who have had sexual encounters with those of their own sex don't consider themselves gay, when some who consider themselves gay have had sex with the opposite sex, and when many have never had sex at all? What counts as \"having sex,\" anyway? Teenagers (unlike social science researchers) are not especially interested in neatly categorizing their sexual orientation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fact, Savin-Williams learns, teenagers may think a lot about sex, but they don't think that sexuality is the most important thing about them. And adults, he advises, shouldn't think so either.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ritch C. Savin-Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.56w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674022560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 1 - Outstanding\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSavin-Williams, Ritch C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ritch C. Savin-Williams is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Human Development at Cornell University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41179335753843,"sku":"9.78067E+12","price":42.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_03ead942-997c-40dc-9663-61bd5efae303.jpg?v=1703610051","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/new-gay-teenager-9780674022560","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}