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The teen-targeted website gURL. In this article, I analyze girls' conversations posted on the site to explore how girls mediate the factual information presented, and how they challenge the borders of the scientific discourse on adolescent sexuality. Without overvaluing the freedom of online environments, I assume that the relatively unregulated space of the Internet encourages young women to create their narratives about sexuality and to imagine themselves as sexual beings. My assumptions are informed by the analyses of Susan Driver , Barclay Barrios and Susannah Stern : in contrast to the disempowering and alienating effects of institutional policies, I call for the recognition of less regulated sites, which imagine youth not as passive recipients but as active agents who strategically work on developing their understanding of sexuality, and on exploring their sexual selves. Berghahn Journals.

Like many parents, I had hoped to delay discussing sex with my young sons as long as possible. They would ask me where babies came from on some vague day in the future, I imagined, when they were mature and I had a knowledgeable, profound answer at the ready. While 5 may seem young to learn about the birds and the bees, some children start asking about reproduction as toddlers or preschoolers. There is good reason for parents to take these questions seriously, according to several psychologists and sexual health experts.