The study of young people and ‘risk taking’ may also be useful in providing explanations for individual’s choice to engage in certain behaviours deemed as risky and irrational. Lyng’s concept of edgework has been useful in understanding young individual’s choice to engage in high-risk activities. The term edgework was borrowed from a journalist named Hunter S. Thompson, who used the term to describe a variety of unruly human behaviours (Lyng 1990, 855). The concept was organised by Lyng into three separated elements. Firstly, for activities to be classified as edgework, observable threat to one’s physical or mental health well being must be present (Lyng 1990, 857). The use of recreational drug that is prevalent in youth culture (Blackman 2007,
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The sensation produced include of a specific sequence of emotions, such as the initial experience of fear, followed by the transformation of the emotion into a sense of exhilaration and supremacy (Lyng 1990, 860). For instance, an Australian study on people’s perception of risky lifestyle and their reasons of participation has found the discourse of emotional engagement, as interviewees admitted that their engagement to voluntary ‘risk taking’ was due to the pleasures derived from opportunities to escape the mundane nature of everyday life (Lupton & Tulloch 2012, 117-119). This examination of young people’s decision to participate in high-risk activities deemed as edgework has situated the sensation of pleasure as an important factor. Therefore, the edgework concept, which place focus on examination of risk-taking and young people, may explain the reasons why certain individuals deliberately engage in high-risk activities such as recreational drug …show more content…
Anita Harris (2004) has proposed that the concept of ‘at-risk’ youth has separated girls into the two categories, the ‘can-do’ girls and ‘at-risk’ girls. This notion results in increased scrutiny of young women who fall outside the category of ‘can-do’ girls. For instance, issues regarding teenagers and unplanned pregnancy may attribute to greater form of regulations on young women’s behaviours. Forms of regulations may derive from parental supervision and communication to reduce the risks of teen pregnancy in young women by the discouragement of sexual acts (Miller et al. 2001, 9-10). Although findings from youth studies of gender differences in ‘risk taking’ have indicated that young males are more likely than females to take risks, such as the participation of sexual activities (Byrnes et al. 1999, 377), young women persist to be placed under increased governance when deemed to be ‘at-risk’ of failed transition to adulthood. This may be due to the belief that postponing motherhood for academic success and achievements in the labour market has been an intrinsic aspect of the ‘can-do’ girls lifestyle (Harris 2004, 16), and that unplanned pregnancy may hindrance women’s ability to successfully transition to adulthood and their economic contribution for the community. Therefore, there is
The sensation produced include of a specific sequence of emotions, such as the initial experience of fear, followed by the transformation of the emotion into a sense of exhilaration and supremacy (Lyng 1990, 860). For instance, an Australian study on people’s perception of risky lifestyle and their reasons of participation has found the discourse of emotional engagement, as interviewees admitted that their engagement to voluntary ‘risk taking’ was due to the pleasures derived from opportunities to escape the mundane nature of everyday life (Lupton & Tulloch 2012, 117-119). This examination of young people’s decision to participate in high-risk activities deemed as edgework has situated the sensation of pleasure as an important factor. Therefore, the edgework concept, which place focus on examination of risk-taking and young people, may explain the reasons why certain individuals deliberately engage in high-risk activities such as recreational drug …show more content…
Anita Harris (2004) has proposed that the concept of ‘at-risk’ youth has separated girls into the two categories, the ‘can-do’ girls and ‘at-risk’ girls. This notion results in increased scrutiny of young women who fall outside the category of ‘can-do’ girls. For instance, issues regarding teenagers and unplanned pregnancy may attribute to greater form of regulations on young women’s behaviours. Forms of regulations may derive from parental supervision and communication to reduce the risks of teen pregnancy in young women by the discouragement of sexual acts (Miller et al. 2001, 9-10). Although findings from youth studies of gender differences in ‘risk taking’ have indicated that young males are more likely than females to take risks, such as the participation of sexual activities (Byrnes et al. 1999, 377), young women persist to be placed under increased governance when deemed to be ‘at-risk’ of failed transition to adulthood. This may be due to the belief that postponing motherhood for academic success and achievements in the labour market has been an intrinsic aspect of the ‘can-do’ girls lifestyle (Harris 2004, 16), and that unplanned pregnancy may hindrance women’s ability to successfully transition to adulthood and their economic contribution for the community. Therefore, there is