Notion that sex was as natural and pleasurable for women as it was for Importantly, the social hygienists advanced the Startlingly positive about sex and pleasure, as well as contraceptionįor the purposes of spacing and timing childbearing, but only within theĬontext of marriage. The social hygienists wrapped an early incarnation of feminism intoĪ national obsession with declining marriage and birth rates to arriveĪt what amounted to marriage education and preparation. Hygiene movement, during the Progressive Era, which spanned the late She argues that theįirst sexual revolution in America was brought about by the social
The American obsession with it, began in the 1960s. Historical narrative, which, thankfully, does not presume that sex, nor There is a great deal to recommend in Luker's rich In America in order to try and determine how we arrived at the present Luker first steps back to view the long trajectory of sex education This dualism and chasm define the book's framing of the Getting wider, between the sexual right and the left," writes "I've become convinced that there is a chasm, wide and To elucidate the underlying motivations of the parties involved.īringing some semblance of order to the diversity of voices, Luker LukerĬombines two decades of field work undertaken in four communities toĪssess the competing views over sex education and, in the process, seeks Few, though, have actually explored theįoundations and meanings of America's struggle over sexĮducation-and sex-as painstakingly as Luker does in this book. Many actors, advocates and critics in the national struggle over Was fortunate enough to get to a larger audience. Kristin Luker, When Sex Goes to School, brings the kind of learning I The recent book by University of California, Berkeley sociologist On teens and sex-can approach the same issue and arrive at Of the depth and sincerity with which many people-of differing opinions That task certainly helped round out my understanding Of a very conservative Christian family to coffee with local Planned In that role, I spent many months on the road, in localĬommunities, doing meetings that ran the gamut from dinner at the home I ONCE WORKED FOR A NATIONAL nonprofit where I helped develop aĬommunity-based model to build common ground around teen pregnancy When Sex Goes to School: Warring Views on Sex-and SexĮducation-Since the Sixties Kristin Luker (W.
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