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Summary Of Amy Schalet's Short Story 'Sleepover Questions'

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In the short story “Sleepover Questions” by Amy Schalet, She discusses the similarities and differences of the sexual freedom teenagers have within American and European households. Teenagers lose a sense of power when they submit to their parents regulations of sex without questions. Some teenagers find it difficult to communicate openly about sex to their parents than others due to embarrassment. American teenagers struggle more with being open to the discussion of sex with parents opposed to teenagers in the Netherlands. These struggles are due to lack of home sex education causing an uncomfortableness of the subject when discussed with parents.
Within Schalet’s writing, she gives examples of struggles faced by American teenagers. Kimberly
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