SOAN 3100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Sex Education, Reductionism, Gender Dysphoria

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 3100
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Looks at school sex education in england and how it is typically reflected with culture norms that position teenage pregnancy and motherhood as symbolic of risky outcomes. Looks at young mothers who act as school sex educators. Most mothers align their stories with negative messages surrounding teen sexual behaviour. Position of youth sexuality as dangerous and in need of control. Positioning of teen mothers as problematic citizens. Teen mothers intervene with youth to help others make informed choices regarding sex, contraception and parenthood. Teen mothers reproduce the dominant discourse in order to improve their own moral standing. School sex education made to transmit cultural messages based on gender and age appropriate norms that (cid:498)position all sexual activity outside the domain of adult, heterosexual marriage as dangerous(cid:499) 2 concerns moral risk (traditionalist, abstinence only education) and public health implications (cid:523)std"s, pregnancy, harm reductionist approach) both.