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When Sex Goes to School: Warring Views on Sex- and Sex Education- Since the Sixties
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
May 1, 2006
Pages
368
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780393060898
ISBN-10
0393060896
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.50 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$25.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
An exploration of the ideas and values behind the debate over sex education is told from the perspectives of today's parents, in a sociological study that traces sex education in schools throughout the past century and argues that parental attitudes, divided cultural values, and sexual choices are affecting education today. By the author of Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: There's a sexual revolution coming to a schoolroom near you, but it's not the one you remember.
When Sex Goes to School explores the ideas and values behind the fight over sex education through the lives of parents, its most passionate participants. Distinguished sociologist Kristin Luker spent over twenty years talking to people in ordinary communities about sex and how, if at all, it should be taught. Luker argues that Americans are now deeply divided over sex, largely as a legacy of the 1960s. She traces sex education from its birth in 1913 to its more politicized modern incarnation, examining in detail the marriage-minded 1950s and the sexual and gender revolutions of the 1960s. She explores how our parents' sexual attitudes have influenced us and, in turn, how our sexual choices affect the way we teach our children about sex. Her conclusions are unexpected, and after reading this book it is impossible to look at the intersection of the intimate and the political in the same way.
When Sex Goes to School explores the ideas and values behind the fight over sex education through the lives of parents, its most passionate participants. Distinguished sociologist Kristin Luker spent over twenty years talking to people in ordinary communities about sex and how, if at all, it should be taught. Luker argues that Americans are now deeply divided over sex, largely as a legacy of the 1960s. She traces sex education from its birth in 1913 to its more politicized modern incarnation, examining in detail the marriage-minded 1950s and the sexual and gender revolutions of the 1960s. She explores how our parents' sexual attitudes have influenced us and, in turn, how our sexual choices affect the way we teach our children about sex. Her conclusions are unexpected, and after reading this book it is impossible to look at the intersection of the intimate and the political in the same way.
Editions
Hardcover
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from W W Norton & Co Inc (May 1, 2006)
9780393060898 | details & prices | 368 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $25.95
About: An exploration of the ideas and values behind the debate over sex education is told from the perspectives of today's parents, in a sociological study that traces sex education in schools throughout the past century and argues that parental attitudes, divided cultural values, and sexual choices are affecting education today.
About: An exploration of the ideas and values behind the debate over sex education is told from the perspectives of today's parents, in a sociological study that traces sex education in schools throughout the past century and argues that parental attitudes, divided cultural values, and sexual choices are affecting education today.
Paperback
Reprint edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (April 1, 2007); titled "When Sex Goes to School: Warring Views on Sex--and Sex Education--Since the Sixties"
9780393329964 | details & prices | 368 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.95
About: An exploration of the ideas and values behind the debate over sex education is told from the perspectives of today's parents, in a sociological study that traces sex education in schools throughout the past century and argues that parental attitudes, divided cultural values, and sexual choices are affecting education today.
About: An exploration of the ideas and values behind the debate over sex education is told from the perspectives of today's parents, in a sociological study that traces sex education in schools throughout the past century and argues that parental attitudes, divided cultural values, and sexual choices are affecting education today.
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