{"title":"\"I put it all out there. I have nothing to hide. It's my mom\": Parents' and Emerging Adults' Perspectives on Family Talk about Sex.","authors":"Jennifer Grossman, Charnell Jones, Amanda Richer","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2022.2062591","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14681811.2022.2062591","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Protective effects of talk with parents about sex, for delaying sex and reducing young people's risky sexual behaviour may extend from adolescence to emerging adulthood. However, little is known about the content and process of this communication, or how parents and their emerging adult children perceive their conversations about sex and relationships. This study offers a novel exploration of family talk about sex during emerging adulthood and addresses topics that are not typically assessed as part of communication research, such as consent and positive talk about sexuality. This study uses thematic analysis to investigate perceptions of family talk about sex in a qualitative sample of 16 pairs of parents and their emerging adult children in the USA, and includes talk about protection, sexual behaviour, pregnancy and parenting; the positive aspects of sex; consent; and sexual orientation. Findings identified variation across topics in terms of 1) similarities and differences in parents' and emerging adults' comfort in talking with each other about sexual topics; and 2) how they perceive this communication across a range of sexual issues. Findings can inform the development of resources to support parents on how to talk with their emerging adult children about sexual issues in a developmentally appropriate way.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10281721/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9714588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Margaret MacAulay, Michele Ybarra, Elizabeth Saewyc, Richard Sullivan, Lauren Jackson, Shannon Millar
{"title":"'They Talked Completely about Straight Couples Only': Schooling, Sexual Violence and Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.","authors":"Margaret MacAulay, Michele Ybarra, Elizabeth Saewyc, Richard Sullivan, Lauren Jackson, Shannon Millar","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2021.1924142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2021.1924142","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Scholarly conversations regarding sexual violence and sexuality education typically emphasise cisgender and heterosexual experiences, leaving sexual and gender minority young people's voices unheard. This happens despite adolescence being a crucial period for the onset of sexual violence, with sexual and gender minority youth reporting elevated levels of victimisation. Moreover, the preponderance of research focusing on victimisation suggests notable gaps in our understanding of sexual violence perpetration. This study examined contextual factors shaping sexual violence victimisation and perpetration among sexual and gender minority youth, with school playing a key role. Based on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 50 young people aged 14-26 years who self-reported sexual violence perpetration in the Growing Up with Media survey, the analysis demonstrates how schooling's 'hidden curriculum' leaves sexual and gender minority youth ill-equipped to navigate the world of sexuality. Formal sexuality education remains heteronormative and gender-segregated, resulting in incomplete understandings of sexual violence. At the informal level, gendered double standards and peer norms reinforce the second-class sexual citizenship of sexual and gender minority youth. Our findings suggest that schools may be complicit in sexual violence victimisation and perpetration by sending limited and mixed messages regarding gender and sexuality. Research and policy implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14681811.2021.1924142","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10807228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eithan Kotkowski, Janet Realini, Valeria Cisneros, Jason Rosenfeld, Ruth Berggren, Carlos Gafas Gonzalez, Garrett Kneese
{"title":"The Pedagogy of Pedagogues for Sexual Education in Riobamba, Ecuador: A Pilot Approach to Training Sexual Education Facilitators in a Latin American and Spanish Language Setting.","authors":"Eithan Kotkowski, Janet Realini, Valeria Cisneros, Jason Rosenfeld, Ruth Berggren, Carlos Gafas Gonzalez, Garrett Kneese","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2021.1926961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2021.1926961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Educational efforts to reduce global rates of adolescent pregnancy vary widely with a significant deficiency found in the domain of sex education facilitator training. In this study, we sought to establish a pilot approach to comprehensive sex education facilitator training as applied in Riobamba, Ecuador. The approach was aligned with UNESCO recommendations for training facilitators using an adapted version of the U.S.-based Big Decisions curriculum. Four internationally recruited bilingual instructors led a six-day (27-hour) intensive training-of-facilitators programme with twenty trainees using the Big Decisions sex education curriculum. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted using various approaches: anonymised and pre/post-self-assessments, daily feedback surveys of self and instructors, and facilitation practice evaluations. Responses to anonymised surveys indicated improved self-perceived confidence in teaching each curriculum section. More objective pre- and post-teach-back evaluations showed improved ability to teach randomly assigned lessons as assessed by trainers. The pedagogy of facilitator training in comprehensive sex education seeks to combine evidence-informed and culturally appropriate approaches to training facilitators under unique local conditions using adapted assessment tools. This project revealed important culturally relevant insights that would be beneficial to the future training of comprehensive sex education facilitators working within culturally conservative communities, and Latin America in particular.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14681811.2021.1926961","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10459845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Megan Clare Craig-Kuhn, Norine Schmidt, Alyssa Lederer, Gérard Gomes, Shannon Watson, Glenis Scott, David H Martin, Patricia Kissinger
{"title":"Sex education and STI fatalism, testing and infection among young African American men who have sex with women.","authors":"Megan Clare Craig-Kuhn, Norine Schmidt, Alyssa Lederer, Gérard Gomes, Shannon Watson, Glenis Scott, David H Martin, Patricia Kissinger","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2020.1809369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2020.1809369","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to examine the association between institution-delivered sex education given under real-world conditions and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates, STI fatalism, and prior STI testing among African American men aged 15-24 who have sex with women. Participants were tested at community venues for Chlamydia and gonorrhoea and undertook a survey to elicit history of sex education and sexual health information. Among 1196 participants, 73.0% reported having received institution-delivered sex education topics including STI information (90.5%), condoms (89.2%), pregnancy/birth (72.1%) and birth control (67.1%). Among a subset of participants asked about the quality of sex education, 85.7% reported it was 'very good' or 'OK'. Prevalence rate for Chlamydia and/or gonorrhoea was 10.5%. Those who received sex education were more likely to have lower STI fatalism (51.0% vs. 42.4%, p=0.01) and more likely to report previous Chlamydia screening (44.1% vs. 31.6%, p<0.01), but did not have a significantly lower rate of Chlamydia and/or gonorrhoea (9.9% vs. 12.4%, p=0.20) compared to those who did not receive sex education. These findings suggest that institution-delivered sex education given under real-world conditions has beneficial effects on STI risk factors among young African American men.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14681811.2020.1809369","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39385070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lorena M Estrada-Martínez, Jennifer M Grossman, Amanda M Richer
{"title":"Sex behaviours and family sexuality communication among Hispanic adolescents.","authors":"Lorena M Estrada-Martínez, Jennifer M Grossman, Amanda M Richer","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2020.1749042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2020.1749042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study compared the extent to which Hispanic teenagers talk with mothers, fathers and extended family members about risks of sex, protection and relational sex, as well as the moderating role of teenagers' gender on the association between sexuality communication and risky sexual behaviours. Analysis is based upon 474 Hispanic young people's responses to a school-based survey recruited from six New England high schools. We (1) calculated descriptive statistics and tests of difference by teenagers' gender, and (2) ran logistic regression models for three sexual behaviours (vaginal sex, oral sex and number of sex partners) separately by gender. There were significant gender differences in teenagers' talk with mothers and fathers, but not extended family members. There was consistent \"gender matching\" between teenagers and the extended family member they talked to. The content of sexuality communication, the family member the teenager talked to and the gender of the teenager all contributed to whether communication was protective for teenagers' sexual behaviour. There are substantial differences in the types of sexuality communication Hispanic teenagers have with different family members, which are closely tied to teenager's and the family member's gender. Results suggests that one size does not fit all when it comes to family communication about sex and sexuality.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14681811.2020.1749042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40579776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ariella R Tabaac, Eric G Benotsch, Madina Agénor, S Bryn Austin, Brittany M Charlton
{"title":"Use of media sources in seeking and receiving sexual health information during adolescence among adults of diverse sexual orientations in a US cohort.","authors":"Ariella R Tabaac, Eric G Benotsch, Madina Agénor, S Bryn Austin, Brittany M Charlton","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2021.1873122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2021.1873122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective in this study was to examine the association between sexual orientation and seeking/receiving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information from media sources during adolescence. We analysed data from male and female participants (aged 23-35 years) from the U.S.-based Growing Up Today Study (GUTS) in 2016. Sex-stratified, multivariable log-binomial models adjusted for age, cohort and race/ethnicity were used to examine sexual orientation differences in retrospective self-reported seeking/receipt of SRH media information before age 18. Sexual minority (e.g., mostly heterosexual, bisexual, gay) men and women were more likely than same-gender individuals who identified as completely heterosexual to seek/receive SRH information about contraceptive methods (e.g., condom use), sexually transmitted infections, and HIV and AIDS. Although lesbians were more likely than completely heterosexuals to seek/receive SRH information from media about each topic, they were the sexual minority subgroup with the smallest proportion seeking/receiving SRH information. Sexual minorities may passively and/or actively receive SRH information pertaining to a wide range of topics, including skills-based sex education, from media sources more frequently than heterosexuals, which may influence safe-sex decision-making. Lesbians in particular may benefit from media information dissemination focusing on their specific SRH needs, as current media sources do not seem to be well-utilised by this group.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14681811.2021.1873122","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39719239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel H Scott, Clarissa Smith, Eleanor Formby, Alison Hadley, Lisa Hallgarten, Alice Hoyle, Cicely Marston, Alan McKee, Dimitrios Tourountsis
{"title":"What and how: doing good research with young people, digital intimacies, and relationships and sex education.","authors":"Rachel H Scott, Clarissa Smith, Eleanor Formby, Alison Hadley, Lisa Hallgarten, Alice Hoyle, Cicely Marston, Alan McKee, Dimitrios Tourountsis","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2020.1732337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2020.1732337","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As part of a project funded by the Wellcome Trust, we held a one-day symposium, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, to discuss priorities for research on relationships and sex education (RSE) in a world where young people increasingly live, experience, and augment their relationships (whether sexual or not) within digital spaces. The introduction of statutory RSE in schools in England highlights the need to focus on improving understandings of young people and digital intimacies for its own sake, and to inform the development of learning resources. We call for more research that puts young people at its centre; foregrounds inclusivity; and allows a nuanced discussion of pleasures, harms, risks, and rewards, which can be used by those working with young people and those developing policy. Generating such research is likely to be facilitated by participation, collaboration, and communication with beneficiaries, between disciplines and across sectors. Taking such an approach, academic researchers, practitioners, and policymakers agree that we need a better understanding of RSE's place in lifelong learning, which seeks to understand the needs of particular groups, is concerned with non-sexual relationships, and does not see digital intimacies as disconnected from offline everyday 'reality'.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2020-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14681811.2020.1732337","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25407099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tiarney D Ritchwood, John S Luque, Tanya M Coakley, Mysha Wynn, Giselle Corbie-Smith
{"title":"Understanding African American youth and adult perspectives on sex education in rural North Carolina.","authors":"Tiarney D Ritchwood, John S Luque, Tanya M Coakley, Mysha Wynn, Giselle Corbie-Smith","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2019.1708715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2019.1708715","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>African American youth in the US rural South are at elevated risk for poor sexual health outcomes, including sexually transmitted infections and teen pregnancy. Historically, the southeastern USA has lagged behind in providing comprehensive sexuality-based education in secondary school, which may contribute to poor reproductive and sexual health outcomes. This study aims to understand the perspectives of African American youth and adults on comprehensive sexuality-based education in rural North Carolina. Twenty-four individuals (12 youth and 12 adults) participated in both semi-structured interviews and small discussion groups. Data were analysed and coded using inductive and deductive approaches to thematic analysis. Results indicated that comprehensive sexuality-based education was highly desirable; however, current efforts were viewed as insufficient. While both young people and adults agreed that abstinence was the most desirable path for youth, participants also acknowledged young people's autonomy in engaging in sexual activity and suggested that comprehensive sexuality-based education was needed to protect against unintended consequences. The findings of this study have practical implications for addressing challenges associated with providing sexuality-based education to African American youth in rural communities and offers suggestions regarding directions for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14681811.2019.1708715","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25526286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Cameron, Ellie Smith, Nicholas Mercer, Beth Sundstrom
{"title":"'It is our duty:' Understanding Parents' Perspectives on Reproductive and Sexual Health Education.","authors":"Amanda Cameron, Ellie Smith, Nicholas Mercer, Beth Sundstrom","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2019.1704720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2019.1704720","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>South Carolina ranks 16<sup>th</sup> in the USA for highest rates of teenage pregnancy. The South Carolina Comprehensive Health Education Act (CHEA) does not require medically accurate, unbiased, culturally appropriate materials, and varies greatly in compliance and implementation. This study aimed to better understand parents' perspectives in one county in South Carolina regarding reproductive and sexual health education. A total of 484 parents responded to a qualitative questionnaire, collectively representing 798 students. Researchers conducted a thematic analysis to organise data. Main themes identified include comprehensive reproductive and sexual health education as a duty; dispelling the myth of abstinence-only education; and the value of comprehensive reproductive and sexual health education. Parents described teaching reproductive sexual health education in public schools as a 'duty.' Furthermore, parents rejected the idea that abstinence-only education is effective and believed reproductive and sexual health education should be taught without the influence of religion. Parents valued inclusive reproductive and sexual health education, covering a robust set of topics. Findings from the study provide evidence for the need to update current reproductive and sexual health education materials and legislation to meet parental demands and reduce youth sexual and reproductive health disparities.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14681811.2019.1704720","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38399929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susan Patterson, Lisa McDaid, Kate Hunt, Shona Hilton, Paul Flowers, Lesley McMillan, Dona Milne, Karen Lorimer
{"title":"How men and women learn about sex: multi-generational perspectives on insufficient preparedness and prevailing gender norms in Scotland.","authors":"Susan Patterson, Lisa McDaid, Kate Hunt, Shona Hilton, Paul Flowers, Lesley McMillan, Dona Milne, Karen Lorimer","doi":"10.1080/14681811.2019.1683534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2019.1683534","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attitudes towards sexual health and relationships are learned from a young age, and there is an ongoing need for innovative and comprehensive approaches to sex education that keep pace with rapidly changing contexts of people's lives. We used thematic analysis of data from two qualitative studies in Scotland to explore learning contexts from a multi-generational perspective, as well as the influence of different socio-cultural factors on provision, access to and experience of sex education. The importance, but inadequacy, of school as a source of learning, was a persistent theme over time. Participants' strategies to address perceived gaps in knowledge included experience, conversations, vicarious and online learning. Gender and age differences emerged, with younger participants more likely to go online for information, and prevailing gender norms shaping attitudes and behaviours across both study groups. Participants who identified as gay, lesbian or bisexual described feeling particularly unprepared for sex and relationships due to the narrow, heteronormative content received. Although schools continue to be a common source of information, it appears that they fail to equip young people for their post-school sexual life-course. We recommend the mandatory provision of comprehensive, positive, inclusive and skills-based learning to improve people's chances of forming and building healthy, positive relationships across the lifespan.</p>","PeriodicalId":47510,"journal":{"name":"Sex Education-Sexuality Society and Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2019-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14681811.2019.1683534","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38387728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}