Abstract
Teachers, school nurses and youth workers approach sexualities education differently, with young people being framed respectively as ‘innocent’, presexual beings at risk of corruption by sexual knowledge or practice; as rational decision makers with legitimate sexual health needs or concerns; or as sexual citizens whose empowerment might be supported by individual and social/community level interventions. This chapter places these differing models of sexualities education within a relational approach to sexual citizenship, tracing the sexuality-education assemblages that emerge in the intra-actions between young people and these professionals, and the capacities (sexual and otherwise) they produce in bodies.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Youth, Sexuality and Sexual Citizenship |
| Editors | Peter Aggleton, Rob Cover, Deana Leahy, Daniel Marshall, Mary Lou Rasmussen |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis Ltd. |
| Chapter | 8 |
| Pages | 118-133 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351214735 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780815379874, 0815379870 |
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| Publication status | Published - 22 Oct 2018 |
