WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Family Life Education, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Juvenile Delinquency
9 Nov 2017
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What is valenti arguing about the ways in which girls sexuality is viewed in north american culture. Bad, young girls are very sexualized but they are not supposed to be sexual. Girls worth is tied to the purity. Different perceptions individualize have on the topic. World war ii, juvenile delinquency, venereal disease. 1944, compulsory venereal disease education for high school students. Taught to soldiers that sex outside of marriage will automatically give you a disease and kill you. Post wwii, venereal disease ebbs, sex delinquency flows, introduction of family life education. Channeling young sexual energy into marriage and parenthood. Introduction of puberty education- what it means to be a man or a women. Social construction of sex education- mainstream way of how to have sex and subways of having sex. Missing consistency: different schools having different levels of teaching. Some individuals do not believe in sex ed.
