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Shefer, Tamara; Ngabaza, Sisa – Perspectives in Education, 2015
Young women's sexuality is a contested terrain in multiple ways in contemporary South Africa. A growing body of work in the context of HIV and gender-based violence illustrates how young women find it challenging to negotiate safe and equitable sexual relationships with men, and are often the victims of coercive sex, unwanted early pregnancies and…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Foreign Countries, Social Attitudes
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Wilmot, Mark; Naidoo, Devika – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
Heterosexism and heteronormativity are pervasive in the South African society, but to what degree are they present in Life Orientation (LO) textbooks? This question, explored through a content analysis of widely used Grade 10 LO textbooks, was framed by queer theory. The paper quantitatively examines the coverage of sexualities, and qualitatively…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Textbooks, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity