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Peterson, Amy J.; Silver, Gillian K.; Bell, Heather A.; Guinosso, Stephanie A.; Coyle, Karin K. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
This synthesis of 30 qualitative studies examined young people's views on pornography related to their sexual health. Synthesis revealed pornography use is considered normal by young people, reinforced by its usefulness as a tool for pleasure, information, and instruction in the absence of sufficient sexuality education. However, youth can become…
Descriptors: Pornography, Sexuality, Health Behavior, Social Bias
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Kedde, Harald; Rehse, Kerryn; Nobre, Giovanni; van den Berg, Wessel – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2018
This paper details findings from an evaluation of a gender-transformative sexual and reproductive health and rights group education programme facilitated with young men aged 15-24 years in South Africa. A total of 475 young men participated in the group education programme. A self-administered pre- and post-questionnaire survey was conducted with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Civil Rights, Males
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Smith, Kelley Alison; Harrison, Abigail – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2013
This study investigated the attitudes of 43 teachers and school administrators towards sex education, young people's sexuality and their communities in 19 secondary schools in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and how these attitudes affect school-based HIV prevention and sex education. In interviews, teachers expressed judgemental attitudes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Sexuality
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Wood, Lesley; Rolleri, Lori A. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2014
Sexuality education forms part of the national school curricula of most sub-Saharan African countries, yet risk-related sexual behaviour among young people continues to fuel the HIV pandemic in this part of the world. One of the arguments put forward to explain why sexuality education seems to have had little impact on sexual risk-taking is that…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Curriculum Development, Sexuality, Health Behavior
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Larkin, June; Andrews, Amy; Mitchell, Claudia – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2006
This paper takes up the concern that sexual health programs targeting adolescents may actually increase HIV risk among youth by reinforcing dominant versions of masculinity that portray males as sexually irresponsible and unconcerned about their health. If a key aim in HIV prevention education is a renegotiation of high-risk behavioral norms, an…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Foreign Countries, Males, Prevention