Latin American Immigrant Women and Intergenerational Sex Education

Autor/inn/en	Alcalde, Maria Cristina; Quelopana, Ana Maria
Titel	Latin American Immigrant Women and Intergenerational Sex Education
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 13 (2013) 3, S.291-304 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
DOI	10.1080/14681811.2012.737775
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Sex Education; Females; Hispanic Americans; Pregnancy; Birth; Sexuality; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Mother Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Focus Groups; Contraception; Physiology; Grounded Theory; Kentucky + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Schwangerschaft; Geburt; Sexualität; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Mutterliebe; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Empfängnisverhütung; Physiologie
Abstract	People of Latin American descent make up the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the USA. Rates of pregnancy, childbirth, and sexually transmitted infections among people of Latin American descent are higher than among other ethnic groups. This paper builds on research that suggests that among families of Latin American descent, mothers have a particularly strong influence on the sexual attitudes and behaviours of their children, yet that parents of Latin American descent communicate less with their children about sex than parents of other ethnic groups. It examines the messages about sex women received as children in their countries of origin, and how these messages and their views of the USA influence the sexual education women provide for their children. On the basis of data from focus groups, we suggest that, in spite of the persistence of sexual silence, some women's self-reflective analyses of their own sexual education as well as their views of the USA as a sexually more open society contribute to their views of silence as dangerous and trigger more open communication with sons and daughters. Mothers hope to break the cycle of unwanted pregnancy by speaking with daughters about the consequences of menstruation and with sons about contraception. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10