The Transformation of American Sex Education : Mary Calderone and the Fight for Sexual Health /

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"This book examines Americans' attempts to come to terms with the vexed subject of sex education in the schools from the late 1940s to the early 21st century. Using Mary Calderone's life and career as a touchstone, it traces the origins of modern sex education in the United States fro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: More, Ellen Singer, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Calderone, Mary Steichen, > 1904-1998.
Sex Information and Education Council of the U.S.
Women social reformers.
Sex instruction.
Birth control.
Reformatrices sociales > États-Unis.
Regulation des naissances > États-Unis > Histoire.
Éducation sexuelle > États-Unis > Histoire.
Women social reformers > United States.
Birth control > United States > History.
Sex instruction > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Origins. Sexual stories : Mary Calderone and the personal politics of sex education
  • Sex and marriage counseling before the sexual revolution
  • A sex education apprenticeship : Calderone and planned parenthood
  • Creating SIECUS : sex education and the challenge of responsible decision-making
  • Physician, heal thyself : the medical profession and sex education
  • Part II. Sex education and its discontents. Halcyon days
  • Broken momentum : enter the opposition
  • Beleaguered guru : Mary Calderone after SIECUS
  • Fighting for comprehensive sex education
  • Sex education and community values : risk reduction or sexual health and justice
  • Acknowledgments.

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