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Chakravarti, Paromita – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2011
This paper examines the recent controversies surrounding the decision to introduce sex education in secondary schools in India to combat the rapid spread of HIV and AIDS in the country. While 11 Indian states have banned it, the Left-ruled state of West Bengal has designed a teachers' manual to impart sex education. However, a close analysis of…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Life Style, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
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Mahalingam, Ramaswami; Balan, Sundari – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2008
We examined whether endorsing hyper-masculine attitudes positively related to the psychological well-being of adolescent boys (N=233) in an extreme son preference community, in Tamilnadu, India. A survey with masculinity and measures of psychological well-being was administered. We predicted that endorsement of masculinity would positively relate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Depression (Psychology)