Girls of Color, Sexuality, and Sex Education

Lamb, Sharon; Roberts, Tangela; Plocha, Aleksandra

This book takes a close look at how girls of color think, talk, and learn about sex and sexual ethics, how they navigate their developing sexuality through cultural stereotypes about sex and body image, and how they negotiate their sexual learning within a co-ed sex education classroom. While girls of color are often pictured as at risk or engaged in risky behavior, the analyses of focus groups and classroom discussions, show not only girls’ vulnerabilities but their strengths as they work with integrating diverse identities, media messages, school policy and history  into their understanding of the sexual world they are exposed to and a part of. 

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2018-04-21

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349956258

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-60155-1

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 96