What most surprised you when looking at the research on testosterone?ĬN: As a pediatrician, I’ve known for a long time what testosterone does in the body so that wasn’t particularly new to me. JS: In your book, you offer a kind of primer about testosterone and its role in development. And most boys don’t know how to talk about it or how to identify what they feel about it. Boys have a different beauty standard than girls, but most people don’t talk to boys about it. We are really good at identifying body image pressures placed upon girls, which are magnified across social media, but we don’t do a great job of recognizing that the exact same drivers are in place for our boys. There are also things that are driven by selfies and social media-like body image issues. How do we talk to kids about consent when we haven’t talked to them about any of this other stuff? If you haven’t had conversations around general consent for the years leading up to when kids become sexually active, you’re facing a steep climb. And, with the #MeToo movement, issues around consent have come to the forefront. That’s very different than it was when we were growing up. Cara Natterson: Some of them revolve around sex: the evolution of online pornography, the easy access to porn and the messages that porn sends, in terms of teaching kids what sex might look like-this is arguably very different than what most parents hope for for their children.
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