Beyond the birds and the bees: Learning inequality through sexuality education

American Journal of Sexuality Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-102

  Connell, Catherine ^a   Elliott, Sinikka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; Inequality; Queer theory; Race; Sexuality; Youth socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049175393     PISSN: 15546128     EISSN: 15546136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15546120903001332     Document Type: Article

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