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Dating, Love, and Sexuality
Adolescence on the Web
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- Psi Café
This website contains a visual of Sternberg's theory of love.
- Attachment Theory and Close Relationships
This article given an overview of adult attachment theory.
- Utah State University
This website contains a PowerPoint presentation that deals with issues of intimacy, breaking up, and adolescent marriage.
- First Come Marriage, Then Comes Love
This is an article by an Indian journalist about arranged marriages.
- Center for Law and Social Policy
This webpage contains an article about facts regarding cohabitation.
- Health Care Information Resources
This website contains links to a wide variety of topics associated with adolescent sexuality including homosexuality, teenage pregnancy and parenting, contraception, and sexually transmitted diseases.
- Sex Roles
An article in Sex Roles about gender roles and sexual behavior among young women including information about the gender double standard.
- Advocates for Youth
This webpage contains a variety of links to resources related to comprehensive sex education.
- Learn All About Flirting, Dating, and Dumping
This site is chock full of flirting, dating, dumping, and kissing advice. This site gives you an "idiot proof" guide to flirting as well as a "dumping tutorial" which promises that you will be able to "dump like a pro.” This is a lighthearted look at adolescent love and relationships.
- Brenda's Dating Advice ... for Geeks!
"Brenda's" site is a humorous romp through the difficulties of dating. There are numerous links for someone to add their stories about dating. As well, there are advice links, information about dating, and dating tips. On the humorous side there are links to "dates from hell" and the "pathetic series" where you can read about high school dating horror stories.
- Sexual Harassment Hotline Resource List
This site is a very comprehensive website which includes a listing of U.S. national hotlines. It also includes links to other sexual harassment sites as well as advice for people who have been sexually harassed. The site is organized by state and deals with sexual harassment on the job and in school settings.
- Information on Violence Prevention
This website is designed to provide more complete and valuable information on the impact of violence-related polices, programs and practices. The site has an 'information house' that collect literature and resources on the causes and prevention of violence. This violence prevention group also offers to evaluation and support the development of violence prevention programs. All and all a wonderful site for help and information about violence prevention.
- The Safe Child Homepage
This homepage is a great resource for parents and teachers. There are great links with information on the prevention of bullying. This site helps you "protect children, preschool to adolescence, without fear or paranoia.”
- Bullying Online
This is a site designed to help parents, teachers, and children on the issue of bullying. This is a great place to see "real e-mails" of kids who have been bullied. A place where you can get legal advice about everyone's responsibility when it comes to bullying. An all around great site!
- "Friends" Raping Friends - Could It Happen to You?
This site is a comprehensive article on date rape. It includes information on causes of date rape, danger signals, the effects of date rape, and how friends and family can help. As well, included is a list of resources connected to the subject of date rape.
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth Issues
This "fact sheet" is designed to help illuminate people to the issues of homophobia and heterosexism. This site is part of a larger organization, "Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS).” This fact sheet is targeted to parents, teachers, and students.
- Reproductive Health of Young Adults
This site is a comprehensive presentation of contraception, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. This "Web slideshow" is designed to increase the awareness of these issues. It also includes printable note-taking pages to accompany the presentation. Finally, there is a questionnaire to complete and a great set of references.
- Adolescent and School Health
This is a great U.S. site to inform you about adolescent health. It includes very comprehensive statistics of STDs, pregnancies, abortions, and live births. As well, there is a link to state profiles on each of these issues. Finally, there is great "resource and tools" link and information about risk behaviors.
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