TY - JOUR AU - Helkenberg, Davin L. PY - 2019/07/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Young Women Encountering Information on Sexuality in Young Adult Literature JF - Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI JA - CAIS/ACSI VL - 0 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.29173/cais1107 UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/ojs.cais-acsi.ca/index.php/cais-asci/article/view/1107 SP - AB - <p>This paper investigates Young Adult (YA) Literature as a source of information on sexuality for young women readers. The data for this study is derived from semi-structured interviews (Seidman, 2006) that were conducted with 11 female participants. Six major categories of information on sexuality were found within the interview data: sexual acts, types of relationships, relationship realities, strategies for dealing with relationship problems, sexual abuse, and consent. These findings provide empirical evidence that YA Literature can act as a valuable source of information on sexuality and may promote the sexual agency and well-being of young people, especially young women.</p> ER -