Keeping it straight’ what do South African queer youth say they need from sexuality education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12601166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D A Francis (0000-0001-6353-4120, Stellenbosch University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 772-790 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Youth Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-6261 • E-ISSN: 1469-9680 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13676261.2018.1539223 |
| OpenAlex | W2898116476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 72 |
Drawing on Rich’s [Rich, A. 2004. “Reflections on ‘Compulsory Heterosexuality.’.” Journal of Women's History 16: 9–11; Rich, A. 1980. “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 5: 631–660] conceptualization of heterosexuality as an institutionalized and compulsory system that supports gender and sexuality inequality, this paper answers the following questions – how do queer youth take up, question and say what they need from sexuality education. The study is based on in-depth interviews with 19 queer learners, aged between 16 and 19 years and living and schooling in the Free State Province, South Africa. This paper contends that what queer youth say need from sexuality education is a curriculum that – recognizes sexuality diversity; is without assumptions about their sexual experience or lack of it and does not focus solely on associating non-normative sexualities with issues of disease, deviance and danger. The findings highlight the inescapable power of compulsory heterosexuality and its perilousness and argue for a more defined and inclusive sexuality education curricula framework
Conceptualization · Curriculum · Heteronormativity · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Lesbian · Normative · Pedagogy · Political science · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
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The Effect of Negative School Climate on Academic Outcomes for LGBT Youth and the Role of In-School Supports
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South African teachers' responses to teenage pregnancy and teenage mothers in schools
Teacher positioning on the teaching of sexual diversity in South African schools
South African teachers' reflections on the impact of culture on their teaching of sexuality and HIV/Aids
Queer Youth Experiences with Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Sexuality Education
Queering Sex Education
Discourses of Exclusion
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Homophobia, transphobia and culture
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Schooling cultures
Whose Problem is This
Teaching pre-service teachers about LGBTI issues
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Gender undone
Something more to tell you
Rethinking Homophobia
Reflecting Resiliency
Women at a sexually transmitted disease clinic who reported same-sex contact
Dimensions of Sexual Orientation and HIV-Related Risk Among Adolescent Females
Schooling, Sexuality, and Rights
Unsafe sexual behaviour in South African youth
Constructions of LGBT Youth
The Normativity of the Concept of Heteronormativity
Early Adolescent Sex in South Africa
South African Life Orientation Teachers
Educators, Homosexuality, and Homosexual Students
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |