Encountering Gender: Resisting a Neo-Liberal Political Rationality for Sexuality Education as an HIV Prevention Strategy

Autor/in	Gacoin, Andrée E.
Titel	Encountering Gender: Resisting a Neo-Liberal Political Rationality for Sexuality Education as an HIV Prevention Strategy
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 29 (2017) 1, S.66-83 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2016.1197378
Schlagwörter	Gender Issues; Gender Differences; Neoliberalism; Resistance (Psychology); Sex Education; Sexuality; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Prevention; Health Education; Health Promotion; Ethnography; Politics of Education; Nongovernmental Organizations; Youth Programs; Definitions; Teaching Methods; Sex Fairness; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterfrage; Geschlechterkonflikt; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Resistenz; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Sexualität; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Ethnografie; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Jugendsofortprogramm; Begriffsbestimmung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Globally, sexuality education is framed as a key programmatic strategy for achieving HIV prevention among youth. In particular, sexuality education is positioned as a way to address gender inequalities and promote youth empowerment in relation to gendered identities. In this paper, I argue that the focus on what content should be taught and "what" is the effectiveness of that content serves to mask how sexuality education itself is always a political project. Specifically, I problematise a neo-liberal "political rationality," following Wendy Brown, operating through sexuality education in this particular globalised moment. Drawing on data from an ethnographic study conducted in South Africa, I use the notion of encounters with gender to mobilise understanding of gender with(in) the inevitable risks of knowing and being known through educational research and practice. I argue that holding sexuality education responsible to the complexity of lived lives necessitates proposing alternative political rationalities to guide its encounters. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01