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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1998
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ570678 |
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Table of Contents:
- Teenage Pregnancy as Moral Panic: Reflections on the Marginalization of Girls' Feelings. Cockett, Lynn S. Knetzer, Sarah Access to Information Adolescent Literature Adolescents Early Parenthood Females Fiction Gender Issues Library Role Public Libraries Responsibility School Libraries Secondary Education Sex Bias Social Problems User Needs (Information) Suggests that library media centers and public libraries are among the main institutions responsible for providing information on teenage pregnancy. Argues that the treatment of teen pregnancy as an "epidemic" by the United States government and the media, and the representation of pregnant girls in young adult fiction contribute to gender inequity in this matter. (AEF)