These included early
sexual debut,
experiences of
sexual advances from older men, early pregnancy and childbirth,
sexual risk taking, and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
Young Joe's (Stacy Martin) exploits, from her
debut sexual experience with Jerome (Shia LaBeouf), through her adventures on a train, to her very dramatic
experience with a married man, his kids, and his wife (played by Uma Thurman in what might be the best 10 minutes of her career), are all captured in detail — including visual detail — which has been the talk of cinema.