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Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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The Failure of Sex Education.
Whitehead, Barbara Dafoe
American Educator, v18 n4 p22-29,46-52 Win 1994-95
Social and cultural norms, institutional reinforcements, and adult oversight that used to enforce a moratorium on adolescent sexual activity have been largely relaxed, and the present approach to sex education is merely leaving adolescents adrift to fend for themselves. It is time to overhaul comprehensive sex education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Comprehensive Programs, Contraception, Culture, Ethical Instruction, Failure, Moral Values, Norms, Sex Education, Sexuality, Traditionalism
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special section on "Culture and Our Moral Condition: What's Gone Wrong?"
