The legacy of abstinence-only discourses and the place of pleasure in US discourses on teenage sexuality
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Type de référence
Date
2010Langue de la référence
AnglaisEntité(s) de recherche
Résumé
This paper aims to examine the potential long-term legacy of abstinence-only discourses in the USA in order to consider the extent of the changes that might actually occur as a consequence of the 2009 presidential election. It first provides a brief overview of the history of discourses regarding youth sexuality and sex education over the past 30 years in the USA to underline the evolution towards a discourse on teenage sexuality as ‘risk’ behaviour. It will then examine the cultural support in the USA for sex education approaches that, while not necessarily focused on abstinence only, privilege abstinence as the most desirable behaviour and thus fail to or avoid underlining the pleasurable dimension of sexuality and the legitimacy young people have in seeking it. Finally, hypotheses on the possible evolution of discourses on youth sexuality in the USA will be formulated.Titre du périodique
Sex Education : Sexuality, Society and LearningMaison d’édition
RoutledgePays d'édition
Grande-Bretagnep-ISSN
1468-1811e-ISSN
1472-0825Evaluation par les pairs (peer reviewing)
ouiVolume / tome
10:4Pagination
413-422Public(s) cible(s)
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12162/6659- Tout ORFEE
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