SOAN 3100 Lecture 6: Lecture Six
27 Sep 2016
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The birds & the bees: gendered lessons in sex education. School-based models: abstinence only fear and shame based tactics, abstinence considered woman"s domain, seeks to create a world that is heterosexual (analogies used gum, used tape, smashed present) (mississippi teacher found a loophole. How to put on a sock, sock activity: clinical, biological, mechanistic, removed removes the agency, this goes here in where, still very abstinence only, focus on reproduction, you have sex to have a child. Lack of explicit info on a wide range of topics/practices. Information on consent, body image, lgbtq, non-phallocentric, birth control options. The government, the school board don"t let other people set the sex education agenda for you. Charis denison, youth advocate aims to provide accurate information in a non-judgmental format, teaches teens about decision-making, assertiveness skills, consent, personal responsibility, gender-roles, sexual and gender diversity. Being sexual with yourself prioritized (often with girls the first time someone touches their clit is someone else)
