Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Sexual Development?
- Part II How Do We Study Sexual Development?
- Part III Media, Family, Education
- Media
- Family
- Education
- 26 The Fertile, Thorny, and Enduring Role of Desire and Pleasure in Sexuality Education
- 27 Norm-Critical Sex Education in Sweden
- 28 Robot Babies, Young People, and Pregnancy Prevention
- Index
- References
27 - Norm-Critical Sex Education in Sweden
Tensions within a Progressive Approach
from Education
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 December 2018
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I What Is Sexual Development?
- Part II How Do We Study Sexual Development?
- Part III Media, Family, Education
- Media
- Family
- Education
- 26 The Fertile, Thorny, and Enduring Role of Desire and Pleasure in Sexuality Education
- 27 Norm-Critical Sex Education in Sweden
- 28 Robot Babies, Young People, and Pregnancy Prevention
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter, the authors use data from their study of teaching materials and sex education practices in Sweden to present a critique of norm-critical pedagogy. They argue that, despite its progressive genealogy, the norm-critical approach to sex education contains inherent tensions. They assert that this approach focuses on privileged identities, neglects the challenges of competing power structures, and contributes to a "neo-assimilatory framework" that privileges certain (liberal) sexual values.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Sexual DevelopmentChildhood and Adolescence, pp. 537 - 558Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018
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