Hugh Speer testified that "if the colored children are denied the experience of associating with white children, then the colored child's curriculum is greatly curtailed and not equal under segregation." The Board of Education's defense was that segregated schools simply prepared black children for the segregation they would face during adulthood. ...
Sexual experience is the goal of most during this time, and with experience comes bragging rights. ... At the other end of the scale is the moderately or lowly sexed child who accepts the negative connotations of sex and is both sexually inactive and uninterested during childhood and when they reach adulthood are out of sync with the sexual expectations of others. ... Historically girls were expected to be non-sexual in childhood and adolescence, and sexual interest and especially sexual experience caused them to be devalued and tainted by there family and there peer groups alike. ... Boys a...
American teenagers tend to see it as a right of passage into adulthood. ... In this script, teens use contraception, communicate with adults about their experiences, do it within a monogamous romantic relationship, and are 'old enough' (484). However, for a vast number of teens the disconnect between this script and their real life experiences is drastic and disappointing. ...
"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Fami...
