Young People and Sexuality Education

Allen, Louisa

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“…Sex and relationships education (SRE) in UK schools remains patchy with only one quarter of young people saying their SRE was good or very good (Sex Education Forum 2014). Much of it relies on the same narrow interpretation of sex that is evident in advice columns, books and television programmes, and in addition it tends to be focused on risk, contraception, STIs and the 'dangers' of online porn and sexting; with an emphasis on information rather than on skills, values and emotions (see Allen 2005;Fine and McLelland 2006;Allen 2011). …”

Section: Sex Advice Across Mediamentioning

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Sense about sex: media, sex advice, education and learning

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The media are widely acknowledged as important in sex and relationship education, but they are usually associated with 'bad' effects on young people in contrast to the 'good' knowledge represented by more informational and educational formats. In this paper we look at sex advice giving in newspapers, magazines and television in the UK, in sex advice books and in online spaces for sexual learning. We examine some of the limitations of the information provided, consider the challenges for sex advice in the contemporary context, and outline some of the opportunities for academics, researchers, therapists, sex educators and activists to contribute productively to sex advice giving and sexual learning more generally.

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“…The questions were not specially targeted at sexuality and sex education per se, but the intention of the interviews was to get an understanding of the field of sexuality in young people's lives from a broader perspective. Overall, the interviews seemed to deal with the same issues as in other studies that have looked at young people's experiences of sex education (see, for example, Allen, 2011).…”

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Exceptionalism and Sexularism in Finnish Sex Education

Honkasalo

2014

Global Studies of Childhood

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The multiculturalism of Finnish society is under intensive discussion. Part of this debate deals with girls from migrant backgrounds and their position within and outside the family. At the same time, international research on girlhood and migration shows that public discussion about girls from migrant backgrounds is often linked to sexual rights, sex education and gender equality. In this article, the author asks how complex generational and gendered relations are understood and taken into account in sex education, and how questions of morality are linked to the neutrality of sex education. This is done by using the concepts of exceptionalism and sexularism. Exceptionalism, in the context of sex education, refers to the tendencies that support the Nordic education system as universal, equal and exceptional, and sexularism refers to debates that connect 'Western' ideas and practices of sexuality with progress, emancipation, reason, pleasure and freedom. The article is based on the author's ongoing research, which combines debates from post-colonial and youth research. The analysis piggybacks interviews conducted with young people aged 13 to 18 (n = 33) and professionals (n = 21), as well as material consisting of 18 health education textbooks used in Finnish upper secondary schools.

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“…But, if the potential for female pleasure is stated as normative as in these and other research conversations (Hirst 2004, Allen 2005b, Formby et al 2009 it takes very little to facilitate disclosures on pleasure. These often counter dominant constructions of passive female sexuality.…”

Section: Challenging Constructs Of Sexual Identity Practice and Silementioning

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“…Critiquing pornography in SRE and pleasure education Pornography has been addressed previously in calls for a discourse of erotics in sexuality education (Allen 2005b) but the need to discuss pornography in SRE is ever more critical to this rationale given recent research (involving different methods and demographics) that underlines the increased access and viewing of pornography among young people via films and various digital media. Brook et al (2009) cite data that porn is used as a source of knowledge on sex by two thirds of 13-17 year olds in the UK.…”

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“…40), these females (e.g. in Hirst 2004, Allen 2005b, Formby et al 2009, Maxwell and Aggleton 2012 disrupt traditional constructions of female sexuality. The possibilities for supporting positive female subjectivity and agency suggested by these data justify any SRE strategy that endorses females' rights to pleasure and the avoidance of regret and worry.…”

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‘It's got to be about enjoying yourself’: young people, sexual pleasure, and sex and relationships education

Hirst

2013

Sex Education

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Pleasure as a component of sexualities and relationships education has been much rehearsed recently. Arguably, theoretical debate and critique been more prominent than practitioner perspectives on how to persuade stakeholders of the value of implementing pleasure into learning about sexualities and relationships. This paper offers a rationale for positive SRE that includes pleasure. A series of theoretically and empirically supported suggestions are offered to encourage curriculum gatekeepers that SRE premised on a right to pleasure is warranted because of its potential to achieve safer sexual health outcomes and contribute to gender equality. Challenges faced by some sex educators are acknowledged by historicising the often uneasy associations between sexuality, education and youth in relation to some political and academic dimensions of debate, before offering a rationale on ways forward. Analysis focuses on young women. Policy developments relate to the UK but issues raised have relevance for SRE in other contexts.

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Young People and Sexuality Education

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Sense about sex: media, sex advice, education and learning

Exceptionalism and Sexularism in Finnish Sex Education

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