This essay has two main goals. First, to develop an affirmative critique, in the sense of questioning the dangers and risks of concepts that are not discussed or clarified in research due to a normative imposition when "LGBTQ youth" is taken for granted in psychosocial research. Second, to propose an action-research project that includes…

In addition to the main question this article considered how far Family Life Education courses should go and how parents and schools should ensure their children's sex education. (Author/RK)

Sex education programs for blind children must take into account the sexual negativism of American culture and work to overcome resistance to the use of touch so necessary to learning by blind children.(Author)

A sex-role stereotype questionnaire was administered to 67 females who were either (a) consistent users of contraceptives, (b) inconsistent users, (c) nonusers, or (d) virgins. No differences were found between the four groups for the feminine items; however, significant differences were obtained for the masculine items. (Author)

This article is concerned with the relationship of assumption or knowledge of departure from the heterosexual orientation to the abridgment of civil liberties. Results indicated the most frequently violated civil liberties were equality and procedural due process and there was more assumption than knowledge of sexual orientation. (Author)

Article discussed the problem of sex education and the proper perspective necessary for evaluating human sexuality. (RK)

This interview between psychologists and a member of the Gay Liberation Front focuses on referral to a gay organization as one of the options a gay client might use to gain peer relationships. (Author)

Comparisons by country indicate the Canadian and U.S. students have more conservative views than European students with English and Norwegian students being the most liberal. German students also participated in the survey. (Author/CJ)

The author suggests four basic affirmations which the Bible makes concerning sex: sex is good; sex is more than a physical relationship; sex operates within culturally proscribed boundaries; and sexual gilt is forgiveable regardless of the deviation. These affirmations are discussed in relation to the teaching of sex education in the schools. (CJ)

Study determines whether middle class teachers could or could not predict how disadvantaged students would respond on twenty question inventory dealing with sex attitudes. (Author)

Exposed 39 students with liberal or conservative sexual attitudes to information suggesting a prevailing norm of sexual liberalism and asked them to respond to attitude measures while their attention was or was not self-directed by a mirror. Results indicated self-awareness enhanced conformity to social standards for conservative subjects. (JAC)

This study examined the differences in premarital sexual permissiveness among two Black young adult populations with different cultural backgrounds, one in Nigeria and the other in the United States. (Author/JD)

Two consecutive and partially overlapping panels measured both maturational and societal changes in the attitudinal and behavioral bases of a double/single-standard of premarital sexual permissiveness. In regard to behavior, both panels consistently moved toward more permissive behavior-maturational effect. (Author)

The current and lifetime prevalence of heterosexual cohabitation are examined for 2,510 young men. It would appear that neither cohabitation nor marriage had reached a peak in terms of prevalence among the young men born in the years 1944 through 1954. (Author)

This research study compared the self-concept of women who had chosen first trimester abortion to those who were sexually active but had never experienced pregnancy. Subjects were stratified according to age groups: 13-19, 20-29, and 30 years of age and over. The sample was selected from clients of an intercity abortion agency and students of an…