http://dir.salon.com/topics/teen_sex/?source=rss&aim=teen_sex en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By Amy Benfer Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/23/16_pregnant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/23/16_pregnant/index.html?source=rss And while TV often bungles what it's like to be a teen mother, MTV's reality series got it (mostly, movingly) right By Sarah Hepola Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/06/bristol_palin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/06/bristol_palin/index.html?source=rss The poster child for teen pregnancy says, "Learn from my example." By Cary Tennis Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/24/13_year_old/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/24/13_year_old/index.html?source=rss We took her in because her home life was unbearable. Now my home life is unbearable. By Carey Dunne, Eliza Appleton, Emma Considine, Deborah Kim Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/07/teen_girls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/07/teen_girls/index.html?source=rss In their own dark and funny words, four teenage girls tell us everything we need to know about sex, parents and gym class. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2001/01/12/letters_virginity_pledge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2001/01/12/letters_virginity_pledge/index.html?source=rss By Jennifer Foote Sweeney By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/14/flanagan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/14/flanagan/index.html?source=rss And now she's striking out against anti-Victorian attitudes toward teen sex. By Julia Dahl Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/18/abstinence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/18/abstinence/index.html?source=rss Hint: It isn't abstinence-only education. By Cary Tennis Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/10/19_year_old/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/07/10/19_year_old/index.html?source=rss We're polyamorous but I think she needs discipline more than sex. By Catherine Price Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/09/romeo_indiana/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/09/romeo_indiana/index.html?source=rss A new "Romeo and Juliet" law in Indiana decriminalizes some forms of teen sex. By Catherine Price Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/20/cycle_savvy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/20/cycle_savvy/index.html?source=rss Should teenagers learn to read their menstrual cycles? By Catherine Price Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/13/romeo_and_juliet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/13/romeo_and_juliet/index.html?source=rss Under Florida law, if 18-year-olds have sex with 17-year-olds, they can be put into a database of sexual offenders. By Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/12/hooking_up/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/12/hooking_up/index.html?source=rss Are girls and young women "hooking up" and tuning out emotionally? By Lynn Harris Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/07/unwanted_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/06/07/unwanted_sex/index.html?source=rss Yet another survey shows that teens need real-life sex ed. By Lynn Harris Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/26/teen_sex_cults/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/26/teen_sex_cults/index.html?source=rss Looks like the FDA has really lost it. By Lynn Harris Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/31/kansas_teen_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/31/kansas_teen_sex/index.html?source=rss Kansas trial: Must counselors report teen sex? (Including "fondling with intent to arouse"?) Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2001/01/12/letters_ponton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/letters/2001/01/12/letters_ponton/index.html?source=rss By Amy Benfer By Jennifer Foote Sweeney Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/01/08/virginity_pledge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/01/08/virginity_pledge/index.html?source=rss A federal study reveals the terrible failures inherent in teen vows to chastity. By Amy Benfer Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/11/02/gilmore_girls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/11/02/gilmore_girls/index.html?source=rss What's cooler than being a middle-class teenage mother? Having a TV show all about you. By Carmen Winant Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/05/17/vagina/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/05/17/vagina/index.html?source=rss Life is one long vagina monologue for this precocious teen, the daughter of a sex educator. Letters to the editor Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/01/31/anorexia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/01/31/anorexia/index.html?source=rss Pro-anorexia article is irresponsible journalism Plus: Lay off teen sex, you baby boomer hypocrites! Mary Kay Letourneau is a rapist, not a victim Letters to the Editor Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/29/tweens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/10/29/tweens/index.html?source=rss Are 13-year-olds ready for "hand jobs and heavy petting"? Plus: "Weird Weekends" host talks back; it's time for minorities to rethink party loyalties. By Karen Houppert Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/10/22/teengirls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/10/22/teengirls/index.html?source=rss Four random but not randy "tween" girls talk about boobs, boys and sex -- and why they're not in a hurry to have any of it. Letters to the Editor Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/09/30/abstinence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/09/30/abstinence/index.html?source=rss Abstinence works in theory, not in practice; debating cable vs. DSL; who's to blame for Columbine feeding frenzy? By Lillie Wade Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/09/15/ophelia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/09/15/ophelia/index.html?source=rss "Ophelia Speaks," a book by teens for teens, talks back to adults who think they know what's up. This teen says it doesn't speak to her. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/07/09/pie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/07/09/pie/index.html?source=rss He's gotta have it in this male-masturbation comedy, but the still unreleased "Coming Soon" shows that girls need their fun, too.