Teen Pregnancies? The Role of the Older Guy
Funded by the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development
- Encourages girls to question the attention of an older guy
- Alerts teens to the risks of dating a guy in his twenties
- Models ways to break up with an older guy
- Includes a Teacher’s Guide with lesson plan, handouts, and activities.
The majority of teen pregnancies are fathered by men who are not teens themselves. The Role of the Older Guy alerts teen girls to the risks associated with having a relationship with an older partner. (For example, the power difference between a man in his twenties and a teenage girl makes it easier for him to manipulate her into unwanted or unprotected sex. Also, a greater chance exists that an older guy will have had many sexual partners compared with a teenage boy and is therefore more likely to have a sexually transmitted infection.)
In this video, a group of teens is working on a school project that discusses the issue of teen girls dating older guys. Their conversations uncover reasons why older guys would be interested in teenage girls and why teenage girls might be attracted to older guys. The teens in the video model ways to deflect older guys, to help friends who are dating older guys, and ways for teen girls to get out of situations that involve an older guy.
A randomized controlled trial of 366 high school students was conducted using this video program. Those who watched the program demonstrated a significantly greater understanding of the risks involved when a teenage girl dates a man who is older.
The Teacher’s Guide for The Role of the Older Guy includes discussion questions and answers, a lesson plan, ready-to-copy handouts, and additional suggested activities. Although it is set up for a group presentation, this program can also be viewed by individuals at home, in medical clinics, at school, or in the library.
Teen Pregnancies? The Role of the Older Guy is part of a four-video package about avoiding teen pregnancy.
Built Around Solid Research
Developed by the Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc., this program demonstrated significant effects during a clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Awards
Telly Award
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