Imagine being surrounding by hormone crazed teens, simultaneously discussing their desires for sex, and interaction in promiscuous behavior. Overwhelming feelings of disgust are unavoidable when thinking about how these once pure teenagers have been transformed into licentious young adults incessantly participating in late night bar hook ups, and hiring prostitutes solely for company' sake. These concepts, while seemingly inappropriate and infelicitous, are all salient facets of life, and indefinitely are conveyed in literature that portray an accurate representation of reality. Being deterred from so called "sexually explicit" novels would unwillingly force students to disregard the unfavorable and often deleterious characteristics possessed
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In spite of the repetitive presence of sexual content and references it contains, The Catcher In The Rye should be included in all high school curriculums as it allows students to provoke deeper thought about the role of sex in society, specifically for young adults like themselves. The presence of sexual content and references in high school literature allows students to have analysis based, contextualized conversation about sex and character relationships within the classroom. English class is greatly comprised of student evaluation of motifs, plots and the reasoning behind character action. Literature such as The Catcher In The Rye will fortify comfortable conversion and evaluation of human relationships, sexual implications, and motives within the classroom, so that students can evaluate all aspects of a character. Al Vernacchio: an English and sexuality education teacher at Friends’ Central School in Pennsylvania and the author of an informative teen sexuality book, discusses the subject overlap of both English and sexual education on an online sexual education blog, he states, "Literature is all about the …show more content…
As quoted in an online informatory document discussing sexual content in schools, Mrs Taylor, a member of the organized parent group: Parents Protecting the Minds of Children, voices that these novels are "...not informational, they're not sex education. They're just pandering sex to young people. It will curl your toes" ("Hitting the Books" par. 8). Mrs Taylor, like a choice few in today's society, only view that the sexual references in young adult literature encourage sex. Similarly, this vacuous belief is shared with Jane D. Brown: professor at the University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She has concluded in her studies that " persuasive media portrayals of sex encourage young people to engage in sexual activity". However, these individuals fail to acknowledge that an open presence and conversation of these risky topics helps students to protect themselves from hazardous sexual situations. Markedly, in a recent survey of American teens taken by the Office of Adolescent Health at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 9 out of 10 teens said it would be easier to delay sexual activity and prevent unwanted pregnancy if they were able to have “more open, honest conversations” about human emotions ("Get Started" par. 4). This statistic demonstrates that by embracing
In spite of the repetitive presence of sexual content and references it contains, The Catcher In The Rye should be included in all high school curriculums as it allows students to provoke deeper thought about the role of sex in society, specifically for young adults like themselves. The presence of sexual content and references in high school literature allows students to have analysis based, contextualized conversation about sex and character relationships within the classroom. English class is greatly comprised of student evaluation of motifs, plots and the reasoning behind character action. Literature such as The Catcher In The Rye will fortify comfortable conversion and evaluation of human relationships, sexual implications, and motives within the classroom, so that students can evaluate all aspects of a character. Al Vernacchio: an English and sexuality education teacher at Friends’ Central School in Pennsylvania and the author of an informative teen sexuality book, discusses the subject overlap of both English and sexual education on an online sexual education blog, he states, "Literature is all about the …show more content…
As quoted in an online informatory document discussing sexual content in schools, Mrs Taylor, a member of the organized parent group: Parents Protecting the Minds of Children, voices that these novels are "...not informational, they're not sex education. They're just pandering sex to young people. It will curl your toes" ("Hitting the Books" par. 8). Mrs Taylor, like a choice few in today's society, only view that the sexual references in young adult literature encourage sex. Similarly, this vacuous belief is shared with Jane D. Brown: professor at the University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She has concluded in her studies that " persuasive media portrayals of sex encourage young people to engage in sexual activity". However, these individuals fail to acknowledge that an open presence and conversation of these risky topics helps students to protect themselves from hazardous sexual situations. Markedly, in a recent survey of American teens taken by the Office of Adolescent Health at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 9 out of 10 teens said it would be easier to delay sexual activity and prevent unwanted pregnancy if they were able to have “more open, honest conversations” about human emotions ("Get Started" par. 4). This statistic demonstrates that by embracing