Researcher Elijah Anderson conducted extensive interviews with inner - city youths and observed: “To many boys, sex is an important symbol of local social status; sexual conquests become so many notches on one’s belt. ”
इस तरह का नज़रिया खासकर गरीब इलाकों में रहनेवाले नौजवानों में देखने को मिलता है ।