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dc.contributor.authorHaddad, Michele
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T19:20:07Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T19:20:07Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-20
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/2715
dc.description.abstractSex education is a subject that all adolescents inevitably encounter. Abstinence-only and comprehensive sex educations are the two core foundational curricula that are being taught to most high school students in the United States. On the surface, both of these methodologies teach conflicting information about sex which perpetuates gender inequality and rape culture. Abstinence-only programs’ emphasis on women’s purity stigmatizes teens through heterosexual normative teachings and misleads teens and young people on the logistics of sexual health. Conversely, comprehensive sex education does not teach “real” sex education because it includes very basic understandings of human sexuality rather than teaching about men’s and women’s sexuality equally. Analyzing the flaws in both teachings can be a step forward in decreasing adolescences’ pregnancy rates, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, rape culture, and gender inequality.
dc.subjectAbstinence-Only Sex Education
dc.subjectComprehensive-Sex Education
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectHuman Sexuality
dc.subjectRape Culture
dc.subjectSex Education
dc.subjectSexuality
dc.subjectSexual Equality In Relationships
dc.subjectSexual Health
dc.subjectSexually Transmitted Diseases
dc.subjectTeen Pregnancy
dc.titlePeppermint Patty: A Mint or a Vagina
dc.typearticle
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-07T19:20:07Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockport
dc.source.peerreviewedTRUE
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.description.publicationtitleDissenting Voices
dc.contributor.organizationThe College at Brockport
dc.languate.isoen_US


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    Dissenting Voices is a student engineered eJournal collaboratively designed, authored, and published by undergraduate Women and Gender Studies majors in connection with their Women and Gender Studies Senior Seminar at SUNY Brockport.

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