Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior
Open Access

Research Article

Sexual Disclosure among College Students in the American Deep South: Toward a Sexuality as Structure Approach

Marni Brown^1*, Dawn Michelle Baunach² and Elisabeth O Burgess³

¹Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawerenceville, GA-Georgia, USA

²Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-5020, USA

³Gerontology Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-3984, USA

*Corresponding Author:

Marni Brown
School of Liberal Arts Georgia
Gwinnett College, 1000 University
Centre Lane Lawrenceville
GA 30043, USA
Tel: 4044519965
E-mail: mbrown30 @ggc.edu

Received Date: June 17, 2015; Accepted Date: July 23, 2015; Published Date: July 23, 2015

Citation: Brown M, Baunach DM, Burgess EO (2015) Sexual Disclosure among College Students in the American Deep South: Toward a “Sexuality as Structure” Approach. J Child Adolesc Behav 3:227. doi: 10.4172/2375-4494.1000227

Copyright: © 2015 Brown M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

We investigate sexual disclosure among college students in the American Deep South. Gay, lesbian, and bisexual students were more likely to disclose their sexuality to friends than family. Sexual disclosure was reduced for younger students, international students, and students with more anti-gay prejudices, who live in less populous areas, and who were raised in the South. The results indicate sex and race privileges; men disclosed their sexuality more than women, and Whites disclosed more than Blacks. We conclude with a discussion of the importance of recognizing the diversity of GLB experiences and the utility of the “sexuality as structure” perspective.

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