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Article: Talk about Sex: The Battles over Sex Education in the United States.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
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- Journal of the History of Sexuality
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Talk about Sex: The Battles over Sex Education in the United States. By JANICE M. IRVINE. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Pp. 271. $24.95 (cloth).
In Talk about Sex, sociologist Janice Irvine poses a central question: "How can we explain the bitter battles over sex education given that, since the sixties, most people have reported to pollsters that they support it?" (201). Her answer is that those who have opposed the inclusion of comprehensive sexuality curricula in the public schools have made this a contentious political issue by skillfully employing discursive politics to arouse public fears about the teaching of sex to America's youth. While ...