CFP: Histories of Sex Education

By Saniya Ghanoui CFP

Sex education has historically been subject to many forces.

Through the Eyes of the Establishment: Student Sexuality and the Dean of Women’s Office at Purdue University

By Donna Drucker 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

In the early 1960s, Purdue created an atmosphere that increased female students’ freedom, but only provided piecemeal sex education and counseling.

Race, Class, and Sex Education in Early Twentieth-Century South Africa

By Sarah Emily Duff African Sexualities, Race and Ethnicity

The purpose of sex education for most of the century was conservative.

The Obergefell Syllabus: Historicizing Same-Sex Marriage in the United States

By notcheseditor 20th and 21st Century United States, Pedagogy

These books and articles form an extensive syllabus with which to teach students about Obergefell v. Hodges.

Too Little, Too Late: The Path To Griswold v. Connecticut

By Linda Gordon 20th and 21st Century United States, Medicine and the Body

It had taken fifty years to defeat the repressive, prudish and sexist ban on birth control.

Classroom Wars and Sexual Politics: An Interview with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

By Natalia Petrzela 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, Childhood and Youth, Race and Ethnicity

The schoolhouse has long been a crucible in the construction and contestation of “family values.”

The Sex Institute on Euston Road

By Rebecca Saunders Medicine and the Body, Public History

One of the most significant threads the “Institute of Sexology” unwinds is the intertwined development of sexology and ways female sexuality was perceived.