Gendered Inequalities in Sex Education Curriculum

Location

CSU 284

Start Date

24-4-2006 3:15 PM

End Date

24-4-2006 5:00 PM

Student's Major

Sociology and Corrections

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Dennis Waskul

Mentor's Department

Sociology and Corrections

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

This study explored how high-school sex education reinforces gender stereotypes and inequalities. Existing literatures document how female sexual pleasure is ambiguously defined and for the most part socially and culturally absent. In both subtle and overt ways, sex education enforces these themes of ambiguity and absence. This research documents how these stereotypes and inequalities appear in the content of high-school sex education curriculum used as well as the language used. This study included semi-structured in-depth interviews of health instructors that assess how instructors negotiate these issues and content analysis of their sex education curriculum. Results include instructor requirements, curriculum restrictions, value and belief issues, and genital definitions. This study reveals an overall lack of sex and sexuality in sex education.

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Gendered Inequalities in Sex Education Curriculum

CSU 284

This study explored how high-school sex education reinforces gender stereotypes and inequalities. Existing literatures document how female sexual pleasure is ambiguously defined and for the most part socially and culturally absent. In both subtle and overt ways, sex education enforces these themes of ambiguity and absence. This research documents how these stereotypes and inequalities appear in the content of high-school sex education curriculum used as well as the language used. This study included semi-structured in-depth interviews of health instructors that assess how instructors negotiate these issues and content analysis of their sex education curriculum. Results include instructor requirements, curriculum restrictions, value and belief issues, and genital definitions. This study reveals an overall lack of sex and sexuality in sex education.

Recommended Citation

Friton, Jessica. "Gendered Inequalities in Sex Education Curriculum." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 24, 2006.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2006/oral-session-I/3