Neoliberal Narratives and the Logic of Abstinence Only Education: Why Are We Still Having This Conversation?

Autor/inn/en	Clark, Lauren; Stitzlein, Sarah M.
Titel	Neoliberal Narratives and the Logic of Abstinence Only Education: Why Are We Still Having This Conversation?
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 30 (2018) 3, S.322-340 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2016.1203883
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; Sex Education; Public Policy; Medical Services; Females; Poverty; Ethnicity; Race; Minority Groups; Homosexuality; Sexual Identity; Cultural Capital; Social Structure; Role of Education; Health Promotion; Health Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Sex instruction; Sexualaufklärung; Sexualerziehung; Sexualkunde; Öffentliche Ordnung; Arzt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Armut; Ethnizität; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnische Minderheit; Homosexualität; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Sozialstruktur; Bildungsauftrag; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung
Abstract	Given the lack of citizen or medical support for abstinence-only education, we ask how abstinence-education maintains such a stronghold in America and other Western democracies' public policy and consciousness. Our response has three parts. In the first, we outline the disproportionately negative health outcomes of sex education experienced by female, impoverished, ethnic and racial minorities, and LGBT youth. Next we address prominent narratives in sex education. We use the work of Pierre Bourdieu as a frame to understand neoliberal narratives and the accrual of cultural capital. Next we address two specific narratives in sex education, both of which align with broad tenets of neoliberal thought: the first of these is a focus on individual responsibility at the expense of understanding broader social structures. The second questions the role of education in a democratic nation that privileges the private over the overall health of the citizenry. In closing, we highlight comprehensive alternatives to sex education that can better prepare healthy individuals and democracy. (As Provided).
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