Sex in America's schools
By: R. Murray Thomas.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781607090168; 9781607090182
Subjects: Students -- Sexual behavior -- United States; Sexual harassment in education -- United States; Sex instruction -- United States
Description: This book provides an assessment of the controversies surrounding the sexual development of adolescents, and their beliefs and problems regarding such matters. Using numerous case studies, the author llustrates specific ways that sexual issues arise in school and the variables that impact each case, while suggesting ways parents and school officials can deal with problematic situations. Though not simply statistics-laden, this book is replete with information about teenagers who engage in sexual acts, become pregnant, are sexually abused, and contract sexually transmitted diseases. The author also discusses the coping methods teenagers use, and he describes the types of sex education programs in which students are most likely to participate. Dozens of case studies illustrate how problems of students' sexual behavior can differ from one incident to another depending on the teenagers' ages, family backgrounds, school settings, and the culture of the surrounding communities. The book concludes by summarizing the recent past and speculating about the likely status of sex in schools in the years ahead.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Decisions about sex in school; title: The course of eroticism's development; title: Erotic acts and protective measures; title: Cases: breaching schools' eroticism rules; title: Eroticism gone awry 1: abuse; title: Eroticism gone awry 2: pregnancy; title: Eroticism gone awry 3: infection; title: Gender traits and role preferences; title: Sex-education programs; title: Retrospect and prospect.