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This article needs more resources that delve into the nuances of sexuality within the United States. A focus on its impact across socio-economic groups and various ethnic groups would be useful.168.7.223.25 (talk) 18:26, 6 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed Merger

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Merge rejected per WP:SNOW. ElectroChip123 (talk) 15:09, 28 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Adolescent sexuality in the United States is very much a part of Sexuality in the United States. Plus, given the amount of information that is redundant between the two articles, it doesn't make sense to keep them separate. Moreover, Adolescent sexuality in the United States can easily be explained within the context of Sexuality in the United States. ElectroChip123 (talk) 00:50, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support: for the above reasons. ElectroChip123 (talk) 00:50, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Sexuality in the United States is currently a small article. The Adolescent sexuality in the United States article is quite hefty and would overwhelm this article to where it would essentially be the Adolescent sexuality in the United States article with a little bit of information on other things. Plus, the Adolescent sexuality in the United States topic is WP:Notable and deserves a dedicated article. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:20, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose The fact that topic A is a part of topic B is not a reason to merge. Redundancy isn't a problem; main articles are supposed to (redundantly) summarize their sub-topics. This is all explored in great detail in Wikipedia:Summary style. The actual problem here is that Sexuality in the United States is far, far too short.
It can be expanded by orders of magnitude to cover a great number of disparate topics that are mostly not even mentioned, or else given too little coverage. Category:Sexuality in the United States is a good starting point for the many topics that should be summarized. Besides adolescent sexuality, there should be a section summarizing Sex education in the United States, and another one summarizing the topic of Birth control in the United States. Category:American sexologists has 80 biographies in it, and that could be summarized in a section. Another one on Abortion in the United States. We should have an article Sex industry in the United States but only have a category; in any event, the topic merits a section here. I could go on: LGBT, sex scandals, sexual harassment, rape, pornography, etc etc.
The vast size of the subject is overwhelming, which is why returning to Wikipedia:Summary style is helpful. The example topic there is World War II, also vast in scope, and it's a good model for how to break apart a broad topic into manageable parts for a main summary article. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 03:42, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I agree with the reasons given by Flyer22 Reborn and Dennis Bratland. If anything, I could see merging the article with Adolescent sexuality, but not with Sexuality in the United States. Still though, I think it's best to leave the article as its own article. Also, leaving the article as it is would be consistent with other country-specific articles on "adolescent" sexuality, such as Adolescent sexuality in the United Kingdom. This article does need a great deal of editing though to become neutral in point of view, but that's another issue entirely. Vontheri (talk) 07:01, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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