The fight for sex ed : the century-long battle between truth and doctrine

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"What we teach young people has serious ramifications for reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ rights, gender equality, and public health. Sex education lies at the intersection of these hugely important cultural forces, yet it has been largely invisible. This book illuminates its potential--and its power"-- Provided by publisher.

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Sex instruction United States History

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ISBN:

9780807008065

Description:

xi, 276 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Dr. Prince Morrow and the birth of sexual health advocacy in America
Ella Flagg Young and the first sex ed lectures in American public schools
Fit to fight : syphilis and WWI
Thomas Parran and "the next great plague to go"
Ellsworth Buck's drive to educate New York City
World War II
The birth and boycott of the sex ed film
Sex ed and family life education in the 1950s
The first North American conference on church and family
The birth of SIECUS
The religious right comes for SIECUS
The new battles of the 1970s
A decade of federal action
Curricula wars
AIDs
The rise of comprehensive sex ed
The A-H definition
Trump, Biden, and today
Afterword : the future of sex ed

LCCN:

2025007308

Control Number:

3395527

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