| Description |
1 online resource (x, 283 pages) |
| Contents |
Sex education research and policies -- Microanalyses of sex education. Florida's "It's Great to Wait" campaign: The state as manager, marketer, and moral arbiter ; It's a local thing: Sex education as compromise and choice in Wyoming ; No idea is bad, no opinion is wrong, but knowledge is power: Sex education in Wisconsin / (coauthored with Kathleen Elliott) ; Engaging diversity: Sex education for all in California -- Macroanalyses of sex education. Morality tales: Adolescent desire, disease, and fertility in sex education programs ; "Men are microwaves, women are crock-pots": Gender roles in AOUME and CSE ; "What are we doing about the homosexual threat?": Scientism, sexual identity, and sexuality education ; Rape as consuming desire and gendered responsibility ; Concluding thoughts: Sex education as civics education? |
| Summary |
"Drawing on ethnographic research in five states, Kendall reveals important differences and surprising commonalities shared by purported antagonists in the sex education wars, and she illuminates the unintended consequences these protracted battles have, especially on teachers and students. Showing that the lessons that most students, teachers, and parents take away from these battles are antithetical to the long-term health of American democracy, she argues for shifting the measure of sex education success away from pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection rates. Instead, she argues, the debates should focus on a broader set of social and democratic consequences, such as what students learn about themselves as sexual beings and civic actors, and how sex education programming affects school-community relations"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-277) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (EBL platform, viewed September 14, 2015) |
| Subject |
Sex instruction -- United States
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Sex instruction for teenagers -- United States
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Sex instruction -- Government policy -- United States
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Sex instruction for teenagers -- Government policy -- United States
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Sexuality.
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MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology.
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Sex instruction -- Government policy
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Sex instruction
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Sex instruction for teenagers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226922294 |
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0226922294 |
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9781283855754 |
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1283855755 |
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