Making ‘good girls’
Sexual agency in the sexuality education of low-income black girls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15099657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carissa M Froyum (University of Northern Iowa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-72 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691050903272583 |
| PMID | 19813117 |
| OpenAlex | W2122257344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 45 |
| References cited | 16 |
Critics argue that abstinence-only programmes reinforce gender inequality when they contain discourses that equate being a 'good girl' with sexual restraint. Yet they too often overlook how racial and class inequalities shape discourses about girls' sexual agency. This ethnography extends gender scholarship by analysing the racialised, classed and gendered dynamics of an abstinence-only programme for low-income black girls. It finds that black adults viewed the girls as sexually vulnerable because of racism and class inequality. They tried to mediate this vulnerability by transforming girls into sexual agents. They did so, though, by exaggerating the gendered discourses of the official sexuality education curricula that framed girls as victims and their sexual restraint as a matter of morality. Thus, the programme reinforced gender inequality while trying to disrupt race and class inequalities
Agency (philosophy · Developmental psychology · Girl · Human sexuality · Inequality · Political science · Race (biology · Racism · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 45 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,46 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |