Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social Inequality

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197 INDEX AAUW (American Association of University Women),  abortion, , , ,  abstinence: benefits of, , –, –, –, –, –, , , –, , , , ; disease and pregnancy prevention through, , , , , , –; girls’ responsibility for, , , –, , –, , , , , ; as sexual standard, –, –, , , , –, ,  abstinence-only education: absolutism of, , ; advocates of, , –, , –, , ; critical research on, –; definition of, –, , ; national move toward, –, –, , –; naturalism and, ; racialized arguments for, , –; sexual communication emphasized in, ; sexual health in, , –, , –; sexual knowledge as harmful in, –, , , , , , , , . See also sex education debates Adams, Elaine (pseud., school board member), , , –, –, –,  adolescence: changes experienced in, , , , ; racialized notions of, , –. See also puberty; young people Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA), ,  adoption, ,  adultification, –, , , , – adultism, –, , , –, , , ,  AFLA (Adolescent Family Life Act), ,  African Americans, , ; adultification of, –, , , , –; complexity denied to, , , , –, ; sexual corruption and, , , , –, –, ; social policies and, –,  agency, , , , , , , ; gender and, , , , , , –, , , , , –, –. See also sexual subjectivity aggression, boys and, , –, , , , , , , –, , , , , , , , ,  A–H definition, –, ,  Amanda (pseud., educator), –, ,  American Association of University Women (AAUW),  anatomical depictions, ; attractiveness in, , , , , ; challenges posed by, –, –, –, –; disabilities in, , , , , , , ; gender norms in, –, , , –, , , , ; heterosexuality affirmed in, –, , , , , , ; race in, , –, –, –, , , , , ; student-authored, –, ; student responses to, –, –, –, –, –, . See also bodies; puberty videos anonymous questions, –, –, ; shame and, , ; teachers’ reliance on,  anus,  Arendell, Terry,  “at-risk,” see “children having children”; risk Bancroft, Shirley (pseud., school board member), – Banks, Leon (pseud., educator), ,  Bay-Cheng, Laina Y.,  Beale, Gina (pseud., trainer), –, –, , – behavior, knowledge and, , , , –. See also sexual activity Bethany (pseud., student),  birth control pills, see contraceptives bodies, , , ; co-construction of, –; defiling of, –; depictions of, , , –, ,  (see also anatomical depictions; puberty videos); external views of, –; gender norms and, –, , , –, , , , , , , –; knowledge of (see sexual knowledge); mystery and, –, , , , ; naturalist representations of, , –, , ; scorn for, –, –, Index.qxd 4/12/08 7:30 PM Page 197 bodies (continued) –, , –, ; sexual subjectivity and, , –, , , –, , –, , , ; touching of, , – boys and men: emotional lives of, , , , , , , –; obscured needs and capacities of, , , , ; puberty and, , –; sexual aggression and, , –, , , , , , , –, , , , , , , , , ; sexual arousal and desire experienced by, , , , ; social hierarchies among, –; status and power of, , , –, , , . See also gender norms; masculinity Boy to Man (video), – bras, , ,  breast development, , , , , ,  breast self-examination, – Bush, George W.,  California,  cancer prevention,  Carter (pseud., student), ,  Carter, Jill (“Jill”; pseud., educator), , –, , ; embodied teaching of, –, –, , ; sexual knowledge as represented by, , ,  CBAE (Community-Based Abstinence Education), , ,  censorship, –,  Charles (pseud., student),  chastity pledges, ,  childbirth, , –; naturalizing of, . See also pregnancy children, see young people “children having children”: comprehensive sex education as response to, , , –, ; redemptive quality of, , –, –, –; stunted expectations in, –. See also innocence Christian Coalition, ,  Christian education, sex mystified in, –, , ,  Clark, Adele,  class inequalities, , , –, –; in lessons about sexual communication, –, , ; muting of, , ; sexual potential and,  classroom curriculum, , –, , , , ,  classrooms: campus locations of, , –, ; claiming sexual subjectivity in, – (see also sexual subjectivity); desexualizing of, –, –, ; ground rules in, ; sexual culture beyond, . See also curricula; schools; sex education Clinton, Bill,  clitoris: depictions of, , , , , , –, , ; knowledge of, , , , ,  clothing, ,  coeducation, –, . See also singlesex education Collin (pseud., student), , ,  communication, see sexual communication Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE), , ,  community forums, see school board meetings comprehensive sex education: advocates of, , –, , –, –, , –, , –, , –, , ; broad support for, –; discretion allowed in, ; effectiveness of, ; naturalism and, –, ; protection offered by, , –, , –, –, , –; as response to “children having children,” , , –, ; sexual knowledge as protective in, –, . See also sex education debates Compton, Beth (pseud., educator), ,  condoms, , , , , , , , , , , ,  consent, –, –, , ,  conservatives: sex education appropriated by, –, , ; in sex education debates, –, , –, , –, , , –, , , –; sexuality as sacred to, –, , , , , , , , ; social conventions reasserted by, –, ,  contraceptives, , , , , , , , , , , , ; young people’s access to, ,  critical feminist pedagogy, , , – crushes, , ,  culture-of-poverty models, ,  curiosity: about other gender, –, , –; value of, , –, –, , –; vilification of, –, . See also sexual knowledge curricula: classroom, , –, , , , , ; competing, , –, –, –, –, –, ; evaded, , –, –, –, –, –, , , –, –; facts in, –, –; formal, , , , –, , , , , , , ; hidden, , –, , –, –, –, –, ; institutional INDEX 198 Index.qxd 4/12/08 7:30 PM Page 198 location of, ; parental review of, –; student negotiation of, , , –, –, , –, –, , –, . See also abstinence-only education; comprehensive sex education; sex education Dante (pseud., student),  Daphne (pseud., student),  DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education),  Dash, Leon,  date rape, see rape dating, , , , ; gender norms in, –, –, – desire, see pleasure and desire diaphragms, ,  Díaz, Rafael,  disabilities, , , , , , ,  diseases, see sexually transmitted diseases Dogwood County, N.C. (pseud.), , , –; poverty and affluence in, , , ; sex education debate and policy in, , , –, , , –,  Dogwood Middle School, , –, ; bodily depictions at, , , –, –, , –, , , ; field research at, , ; resources at, –; sexual communication lessons at, –, –, –; sexual knowledge at, –; single-sex instruction in, –, – double standards, –, , , – Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE),  drug education, ,  education: self-actualization through, , –; social change through, , –, –, –. See also Christian education; private education and schools; public education and schools; schools; sex education educators, see teachers ejaculation, , , , ,  embodiment, see bodies emotions: of boys, , , , , , , –; in puberty, , , –, , , –. See also shame erections, , , , , , , , , –, , ,  ethnography, , –; “friend” role in, –; gender, race, and sexuality in, –; participatory models of,  ETR Associates, ,  evaded curriculum, , –, –, –, –, –, , , –, – facts, controversy averted through, –, , , – Faircloth, Lauch, ,  fallopian tubes,  families, family, , ; conventional definitions of, , , , , , , , ; LGBTQ, , , , ,  fatherhood, fathers,  feminism, ; pedagogy and, , , –; research methodology and, ; on sexuality and eroticism, –, , ; among students, – Ferguson, Ann Arnett, , – Fields...