ERIC Number: EJ1390397
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1468-1811
EISSN: EISSN-1472-0825
Oskuld: Swedish Upper Secondary Student Conversations on Virginity
Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, v23 n4 p393-408 2023
The purpose of this study was to explore Swedish natural science sexuality education as a material-discursive practice. More specifically, we sought to investigate ways in which the phenomenon of "oskuld," which in Swedish means sexual innocence or to be without guilt, comes into being among 17-18-year-old students. The study, conducted in two upper secondary school classes for eight and six weeks respectively, involved in total 53 participating students. Field notes and audio-recordings were used in data construction. With a grounding in Baradian theory we explore how space, time and matter--spacetimematter--intra-actively enact notions of virginity within students' conversations. Findings show that a physiological knowledge base as well as the opportunity for students to encounter their own notions are crucial in overcoming the reproduction of norms related to the phenomenon of virginity.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Sexuality, Late Adolescents, Secondary School Students, Social Bias, Natural Sciences, Social Attitudes, Cultural Influences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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