Gender Representation in Illustrations, Text, and Topic Areas in Sexuality Education Curricula

Journal of School Health

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 361-364

  Beyer, Christine E ^a   Ogletree, Roberta J ^b   Ritzel, Dale O ^b   Drolet, Judy C ^b   Gilbert, Sharon L ^b   Brown, Dale ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 307 Pulliam Hall ^*

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; TEXTBOOKS;

EID: 0030332936     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1996.tb03393.x     Document Type: Article

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