Poles Apart? Gender Differences in Proposals for Sexuality Education Content

Autor/in	Allen, Louisa
Titel	Poles Apart? Gender Differences in Proposals for Sexuality Education Content
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 20 (2008) 5, S.435-450 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
Schlagwörter	Sexuality; Gender Differences; Sex Education; Questionnaires; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Attitude Measures; Course Content; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualität; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Fragebogen; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Kursprogramm; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Are young women and men's preferences for sexuality education content poles apart? This article explores gender differences in senior school students' suggestions for issues sexuality education should cover. Findings are analysed in relation to debate about mixed and single sex classrooms and boys' perceived disinterest in lessons. It is argued that young women and men's content preferences were largely similar on items that a majority selected for inclusion. Topics less than half of participants named revealed a greater number of gender differences. Employing theoretical insights from feminist post-structuralism, responses are also examined for how they position young people as sexual subjects and whether these conform to or deviate from perceptions of "conventional heterosexualities". This examination enables an understanding of how young people view themselves as sexual and whether this matches their constitution within sexuality programmes. The implications of students' content preferences and the way these position them as sexual subjects are considered for the possibilities they present for programme design and delivery. (Contains 14 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10