In the 1970s, rising teenage pregnancy rates led to growing concern among both the general public and the health care community. As research on this topic proliferated, the journal responded in 1978 by publishing a special issue on...

Almost half of U.S. high school students were sexually active in 2003, and despite dramatic declines in the years before, the teenage pregnancy rate was much higher in the U.S. than in other industrialized nations. Then, as now, most pregnancies among teenagers were unintended, the result of...

Since the earliest years of the journal, there has been intense focus on teens’ sexual behavior and pregnancy experiences, policies that affect the education and services they get, their knowledge and attitudes related to various outcomes and risks, and much more. Perspectives has...

What was commonly believed: In the 1970s and 1980s, teenage males were often viewed as “sexual adventurers,” or “roving inseminators,” who typically sought to have many partners and relished the pursuit of sexual conquests.

What the...