The sex education debates

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Label

The sex education debates

Statement of responsibility

Nancy Kendall

Creator

• Kendall, Nancy, 1974-

Subject

• Electronic resources
• Sex instruction -- Government policy -- United States
• Sex instruction -- United States
• Sex instruction for teenagers -- Government policy -- United States
• Sex instruction for teenagers -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Drawing on ethnographic research in five states, the author 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

Cataloging source

ICU/DLC

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ57.5.A3

LC item number

K465 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography