1st Edition
Progressive Sexuality Education The Conceits of Secularism
By Mary Lou Rasmussen
Copyright 2016
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book engages contemporary debates about the notion of secularism outside of the field of education in order to consider how secularism shapes the formation of progressive sexuality education. Focusing on the US, Canada, Ireland, Aotearoa-New Zealand and Australia, this text considers the affinities, prejudices, and attachments of scholars who advocate secular worldviews in the context of... Read more
Introduction. 2. Faith, progressive sexuality education and queer secularism: Unsettling associations. 3. Sexuality education in public schools in Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand. 4. Sex panics, sexuality education, secular explanations. 5. Pleasure/desire, secularism, and sexuality education. 6. On not feeling homophobic. 7. Progressive public pedagogies of pregnancy and choice. 8. Ireland, Canada and Australia: Tracing progressive sexuality education across borders. Conclusion: The conceits of secularism in sexuality education
Biography
Mary Lou Rasmussen is Associate Professor of Education at Monash University, Australia.
