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Since the 1980s, intense political and cultural battles have been waged between believers in abstinence until marriage and advocates for comprehensive sex education. Drawing on ethnographic research in five states, the author reveals important differences and surprising commonalities shared by purported antagonists in the sex education wars.

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"The Sex Education Debates is a comprehensive analysis of US sex education debates, policies, and classroom practice. With incisive readings of the field data, Nancy Kendall offers a rigorous engagement with issues of structural and other social inequalities. Her analysis makes a significant contribution." (Jessica Fields, San Francisco State University)"

The Sex Education Debates

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 3 December 2012
      ISBN-13 9780226922287
      978-0226922287
      ISBN-10 0226922286
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      Educational strategies and policy

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      Book Synopsis
      Since the 1980s, intense political and cultural battles have been waged between believers in abstinence until marriage and advocates for comprehensive sex education. Drawing on ethnographic research in five states, the author reveals important differences and surprising commonalities shared by purported antagonists in the sex education wars.

      Trade Review
      "The Sex Education Debates is a comprehensive analysis of US sex education debates, policies, and classroom practice. With incisive readings of the field data, Nancy Kendall offers a rigorous engagement with issues of structural and other social inequalities. Her analysis makes a significant contribution." (Jessica Fields, San Francisco State University)"

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