Kim, J., Sorsoli, L., Collins, K., Zylbergold, B., Schooler, D. & Tolman, D. (2007). From sex to sexuality: Exposing the heterosexual script on primetime network television. Journal of Sex Research. 44(2), 158-147.
This article is not developmental, but it introduces important concepts that I would like to consider within a developmental framework. The authors select many popular television shows and code them for the messages sent about sexuality and relationship dynamics, which they call the sexual scripts. To develop these codes, they went through a process of first composing the various sexual scripts the observed in the world, taking into account gender roles and compulsory heterosexuality, and then watching a pilot group of shows together and discussing what the major scripts were. The final scripts consisted of four areas, such as "courtship rituals," and each area had two quite distinct yet complementary scripts based on gender: one script for boys and men and then a different script for girls and women. I'm interested in thinking about the various other research projects that could examine the role that these sexual scripts play in adolescent development.
8/10 Jetts for innovation (creating a new measurement) and concise and helpful explanations.
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