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Learning Curves: Body Image and Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature. Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature #35
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Younger, Beth – Scarecrow Press, 2009
Adolescence is a time of growth, change, and confusion for young women. During this transition from childhood to adulthood, sex and gender roles become more important. Meanwhile, depictions of females--from the hyper-sexualized girls of music videos to the chaste repression of Purity Balls--send mixed messages to young women about their bodies…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Females, Self Concept, Pregnancy
The Sexuality Curriculum and Youth Culture. Counterpoints, Volume 392
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Carlson, Dennis, Ed.; Roseboro, Donyell L., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
The book aims to change the conversation about sexuality education for adolescents, making it consistent with a democratic cultural politics that is attuned to changes in youth and popular culture. Traditional sex education is nearly obsolete; sexuality curriculum is now primarily learned through popular culture and youth culture, which teach…
Descriptors: Hidden Curriculum, Sex Education, Popular Culture, Citizenship Education
Sex And People.
Jones, Kenneth L.; And Others – 1977
This textbook for the college student emphasizes human sexuality as a part of the whole human life experience and contains a balance of biological, psychological, and sociological material. In 16 chapters the following topics are covered: (1) sex and society; (2) historical and cultural perspectives; (3) glandular control of sexual physiology; (4)…
Descriptors: Bias, Biology, Higher Education, Human Body
Myths of Human Sexuality in the Aging.
Andrus, Charles E. – 1977
Human sexuality is discussed in terms of misconceptions about its function and the changing sexual needs of older adults. A review of history indicates that human sexuality has traditionally been connected with ideas of purity and strict importance of procreation. Judaeo-Christian ethics and the doctrine of Saint Augustine illustrate these…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Groups, Attitude Change, Beliefs
Beating the Devil Out of Them: Corporal Punishment in American Families.
Straus, Murray A.; Donnelly, Denise A. – 1994
The question of whether corporal punishment is an effective method of discipline has been hotly debated by parents, teachers, and child-rearing experts. Based on studies of over 9,000 families, this book describes the extent to which parents in the United States use corporal punishment (such as spanking and slapping) and its effects on their…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment, Cultural Influences
The American Child: A Cultural Studies Reader.
Levander, Caroline F., Ed.; Singley, Carol J., Ed. – 2003
There has been increased critical interest in the child as a rich and varied site of cultural inscription. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines have turned their attention to the child in order to interrogate how it comes to represent, and often codify, the prevailing ideologies of a given culture or historical period. Noting that narratives…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Children, Childrens Literature, Cultural Context
Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society. Fourth Edition.
Gollnick, Donna M.; Chinn, Philip C. – 1994
The complexity of pluralism in this country makes it difficult for the educator to develop expectations of students based on their group memberships. This text examines these group memberships and ways educators can develop educational programs to meet the needs of those groups and the nation. The book provides an overview of the different…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Abuse, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism