SOCSCI 2P03 Lecture 1: What is Adolescence
26 Oct 2017
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Event that happens to all people in north america between childhood and adulthood. These two things are to work together in a successful adult life. Both are about earning a lot of money. A group with disposable income and no financial responsibilities. Promiscuous and prone to violence they have always been sexual, but not to violent. Serious shift from special to in need of adjustment. Basic issues turned into a phobia, turned into profits. This leads to increase of pressure and anxiety. Also free to do whatever you want within the law. The place where teenagers are supposed to be guided down a productive path. The image of how to be a proper teenager. By products that will help with your image/hide if that"s what you want. Has to deal with new attitudes and realities of their body and the world. Our culture profits from selling sex to teens. And selling fear of sexual teenagers to parents.
