His evenhanded compassionate instructional book is aimed at an adolescent audience. While some sex education texts are wider ranging and others take more strident positions Shakespeare avoids judgmental conclusions makes no politically-loaded misrepresentations and stresses the desirability of personal character. The uncontroversial approach makes Sex and Consequences a viable option for educators who wish to sway the impressionable toward wisely restrained relationships without staging Oxford-style debates at school board meetings.