Behind Closed Doors - Sex Education Transaformed

One thing we know for certain is that sex is personal: perhaps the most intimate thing of all. But sex is also shaped by a complicated web of cultural, social and political forces outside of ourselves. Fear-mongering, moral panic and outdated attitudes prevail, but if #MeToo has taught us anything, it's how dangerous it is to keep conversations about sex hidden from view. Behind Closed Doors invests in a radical, inclusive and honest sex education, taking us beyond learning about the 'birds and the bees', to identifying inequality that stands in the way of sexual freedom. From contraceptives to virginity, consent to pornography, transphobia to sexual abuse, the book shows how our desires are influenced by powerful political processes that can be transformed.

List of contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: She may be a bag of trouble: A short history of sex education

1. Sex: I am fast

2. Gender identity: Changing rooms

3. Masculinity: Trump¿s button

4. Body image: From scrawny to brawny

5. Sexual consent: No means no

6. Contraceptives: `If you have sex you will get pregnant and die¿

7. Virginity: Purity

8. Sexual violence: `Abuse of power comes as no surprise¿

9. Sexuality: From Stonewall to Yarl¿s Wood

10. Pornography: Sex education today

11. Sex work: The oldest job in the world

12. Relationships: Just swipe right

Conclusion

Resources

About the author

Natalie Fiennes is a journalist and filmmaker. She is currently working in documentary film making and has taught sex education and consent classes in schools, universities, and youth centres around the UK. She writes for the Guardian and the Independent.

Summary

When it comes to sex education, the personal is political.

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Fiennes
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2019
• EAN: 9780745338736
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3873-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Outspoken; Outspoken by Pluto
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book; Sexueller Missbrauch, Gewalt, Sozialarbeit, Sexualität, Diskriminierung, Missbrauch, Sex, Soziale Diskriminierung und Gleichbehandlung, Gender Studies, Sex und Sexualität, soziale Aspekte, Soziale Arbeit, Schwangerschaftsabbruch, Häusliche Gewalt, Soziologie: Familie und Beziehungen, Geschlechterforschung, Gender Studies: Gruppen, Abtreibung, Ethische Themen: Schwangerschaftsabbruch und Geburtenkontrolle, Gesellschaft / Familie, Frau, Sexualität, Soziologie / Familie, Jugend, Alter, Sexualität / Missbrauch, Kind / Missbrauch, Paragraph 218