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Law, policy and adolescent sexuality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

John M. Paxman
John M. Paxman
Affiliation:
International Planned Parenthood Federation, London
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For those interested in the patterns of adolescent fertility there is a lesson to be learned from the story about the Emperor's new clothes (Andersen, 1913). The problems, or lack of them, present themselves as starkly as the Emperor's, yet there is a tendency not to face the fact that in certain societies adolescent sexuality can create problems. The vast majority of parents, health personnel and policy makers seem to prefer to ignore what can be readily perceived. Conversely, in many areas of the world, there may be a tendency to announce the existence of problems which do not exist.

Type
IV. Adolescent sexuality
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 10 , supplement S5: Fertility in Adolescence , 1978 , pp. 187 - 213
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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