‘Teacher talk’: the problems, perspectives and possibilities of developing a comprehensive sexual health education curriculum for Australian Muslim students

Attitudes and practices of school‐aged girls towards menstruation

“…31 Restrictive curricula, school practices, policies and structures were considered challenges for teachers to discuss sexually related health education. 32 Discussing menstruation and other sexuality topics are considered as myths and taboo as reported by students. 4 For some students, menstruation had negatively affected their daily routine tasks such as having prolonged rest periods, inability to study and avoiding going to school.…”

“…In schools, the lack of information about menstruation was due to unwillingness of teachers to discuss the menstruation issue with their students, lack of time and the feeling of embarrassment from peers 31 . Restrictive curricula, school practices, policies and structures were considered challenges for teachers to discuss sexually related health education 32 . Discussing menstruation and other sexuality topics are considered as myths and taboo as reported by students 4 .…”

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“…Muslim youth growing up in a North American context negotiate a difficult sexual space which includes often conflicting messages regarding sexuality from Islam, from their cultures of origin, as well as the mainstream culture (Abu-Ali, 2003;Bekker et al, 1996;Ostberg, 2003;Sanjakdar, 2009aSanjakdar, , 2009b; this situates Muslim youth in their own unique ethnocultural and religious identity groups. Yet, there is a dearth of empirical literature on the sexual experiences of Muslim youth living in North America, posing a problem for addressing Muslims' sexual health, especially psychological sexual health.…”

What’s Sex Got to Do with It? The Role of Sexual Experience in the Sexual Attitudes, and Sexual Guilt and Anxiety of Young Muslim Adults in Canada and the United States

“…Muslim youth growing up in a North American context negotiate a difficult sexual space which includes often conflicting messages regarding sexuality from Islam, from their cultures of origin, as well as the mainstream culture (Abu-Ali, 2003;Bekker et al, 1996;Ostberg, 2003;Sanjakdar, 2009aSanjakdar, , 2009b; this situates Muslim youth in their own unique ethnocultural and religious identity groups. Yet, there is a dearth of empirical literature on the sexual experiences of Muslim youth living in North America, posing a problem for addressing Muslims' sexual health, especially psychological sexual health.…”