1. Sex & drugs & rock-n-roll
American Teen and College Culture!!!!

2. outline
Introduction
Issues
sexual activity
drug use
Implications

3. introduction Goals: Address common Q’s regarding American teen life.
Dispel myths and stereotypes.
Goals:

4. KWL
What do you think you know about sex and drugs in the United States?
-What age do people start having sex and using drugs?
-What percentage of people have sex and use drugs before 18?
-What percentage have sex before marriage?
-What is the general outlook of sex and drugs in the United States?
-What else do you know?

5. W
What do you want to know about sex and drugs in the United States?

6. Little History of US Culture

7. When it changed

8. sex Though awkward… Morals and views are
“Dating” is socially acceptable and common.
Though awkward…
Morals and views are
So different about what is appropriate

9. Dating
Online dating service members include 40 million American users! That accounts for 40% of the single adults in America!
Compared to this, China alone accounts for 140 million users and India has 15 million users of online dating!

10. Sex Percentages in Teens
By age 15, only 13% of teens have ever had sex
46% of all high school students have not had sexual intercourse
By their 19th birthday, 70% of males & females have had intercourse.
What do you notice
About the percentages? What is the big change here?

11. Sex
What kind of culture do you think this leads to? With a high percentage of teenagers having sex?
9 out of 10 teens say it would be easier for them to avoid sexual activity if they were able to have more open conversations with their parents.
You would think
It leads to a more
Open society that
Speaks about
Sex. But not so
much….

12. What we see/popular

13. Who do you think is most likely to have sex first?
Males or Females?
Overall, male high school students (49.8%) were more likely than female students (45.9%) to have had sex.

14. What we hear

15. sex Substantial decline since 1995. Safer.
In 2007, 47.8% of high school students (grades 9-12) reported ever having had sexual intercourse, down from 54% in 1991.
Abma J.C. et al., Teenagers in the United States: sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006–2008, Vital and Health Statistics, 2010, Series 23, No. 30.

16. There is a strong other side

17. Still Controversial though

18. Sex
Define “free sex”
Abma J.C. et al., Teenagers in the United States: sexual activity, contraceptive use, and childbearing, National Survey of Family Growth 2006–2008, Vital and Health Statistics, 2010, Series 23, No. 30.

19. Drugs Legal alcohol prescriptions Illegal Marijuana(some places)
cocaine
heroin
etc.

20. What percentage of teens use alcohol in the US?
Drugs
What percentage of teens use alcohol in the US?
Alcohol
24% of all high schoolers reported occasional or binge drinking in the past month.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2008). Healthy youth: alcohol & drug use. Retrieved August 29, 2010, from

21. Will Ferrell/Celebrities

22. Football Players

23. Alcohol Use 3.6 percent of 8th graders 14.5 percent of 10th graders
Alcohol use among teens has dropped to historically low levels.
Why is this?
3.6 percent of 8th graders
14.5 percent of 10th graders
28.1 percent of 12th graders

24. Drugs Marijuana (12th graders) 6% daily use 21% past-month
decline since 1970s
recent increase since “legalization”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2008). Healthy youth: alcohol & drug use. Retrieved August 29, 2010, from

27. DAZED AND CONFUSED, MAN

28. DRUG QUIZ! WOULD YOU BE MOCKED?
What is?
A. doobie
B. yahoo
C. Antifreeze
D. blunt
E. Jay
F. Snow
G. Dust
H. Special K
I. Ice
J. Cheeba
K. Crunk
L. Cannabis

29. A. Marijuana rolled into a joint
B. Crack Cocaine
C. Heroin
D. Marijuana and tobacco mixed
E. Joint of Marijuana
F. Cocaine

30. G. PCP
H. Ketamine(hallucinogenic)
I. cocaine
J. Marijuana
K. Drunk and High
L. Marijuana

31. implications
(too) Many do, most don’t.

32. implications
Reflections of broader social norms...

33. implications
... and broader social ills.

34. L
What did you learn?

35. Thank you