Department of Sociology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
J Sex Res. 2010 Sep;47(5):479-89. doi: 10.1080/00224490903132044.
"Teen drama" television programs use sexual scripts that provide a framework for narrating virginity loss (Gagnon & Simon, 1973). Drawing on the work of Carpenter (2005), this study identifies the following sexual scripts in virginity-loss narratives: (a) the abstinence script, which places a high value on virginity and emphasizes delaying virginity loss; (b) the urgency script, which defines virginity as a stigma and virginity loss as necessary to maintain social status and affirm gendered identity; and (c) the management script, which suggests teenagers' sexual behavior is inevitable and focuses on managing the physical, social, and emotional risks associated with virginity loss. Reliance on different scripts resulted in varied meanings of virginity, characteristics of the storylines, consequences of virginity loss, and implications for sexually healthy messages. The narratives included positive components, such as contraception use and portrayals of consensual sex, but also contained problematic elements, such as a lack of female desire and underrepresentation of racial, ethnic, and sexual minority characters. This article suggests that an analysis of the sexual scripts used in virginity-loss narratives provides insight into both the messages about virginity provided to teenagers as well as the social construction of the multiple meanings of virginity.
“青少年戏剧”电视节目使用性脚本,为讲述贞操丧失提供框架(Gagnon & Simon,1973)。本研究借鉴了 Carpenter(2005)的工作,在贞操丧失叙事中确定了以下性脚本:(a) 禁欲脚本,高度重视贞操,强调推迟贞操丧失;(b) 紧迫性脚本,将贞操定义为耻辱,贞操丧失是维持社会地位和肯定性别认同所必需的;(c) 管理脚本,表明青少年的性行为是不可避免的,并侧重于管理与贞操丧失相关的身体、社会和情感风险。对不同脚本的依赖导致了贞操的不同含义、故事情节的特征、贞操丧失的后果,以及对性健康信息的影响。这些叙述包括积极的因素,如使用避孕措施和描绘同意的性行为,但也包含有问题的因素,如缺乏女性欲望和对种族、民族和性少数群体角色的代表性不足。本文认为,对贞操丧失叙事中使用的性脚本的分析,既可以深入了解向青少年提供的关于贞操的信息,也可以深入了解贞操的多种含义的社会建构。
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