ERIC Number: EJ1390429
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 7
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Pleasure Privilege in Mediated and Relational Contexts: Sexuality and Gender
Emmers-Sommer, Tara
Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, v23 n4 p442-448 2023
This article responds to encouragement to remember the wonder in gender and sexualities education. Specifically, it addresses gender and sexuality in a variety of contexts, from mediated forms to how gendered sexual expectations are socially constructed and conveyed through cultural scripts, particularly in heterosexual contexts. According to traditional sexual scripts, men are encouraged to be sexually active and privilege personal sexual pleasure (e.g., arousal, orgasm), whereas women are often conditioned to be sexually passive, reactive, dismissive and reputationally protective. Exploring gender, conditioning and education as they relate to sexuality and pleasure, this article combines scholarly research with play in its approach. Findings acknowledge both the continuation of traditional sexual expectations and practices as related to sex and gender as well as the value of more contemporary, sexual nuance such as those found in PlayLabs, educational workshops addressing sex and mentoring as related to sex and pleasure.
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Gender Differences, Gender Bias, Social Influences, Human Body, Physiology
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Language: English
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