This review of sexual education in the United States broadly defines the two most common approaches in sexual education seen in this country today. I cover the status of certain sexual behaviors and risks amongst the teenage population in the U.S. and specifically cover reported sexual activity in high school students and overall data on teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This work specifically looks at Maine, California, Texas, Maryland, North Carolina, and New Mexico to highlight the variety of state policies concerning sexual education and the differences in teenage sexual behaviors that exist within each of those six states. A description of how cultural influences can affect a young person’s sexual behavior is also given. In the final discussion section of this paper I have emphasized the need for more comprehensive sexual education programs in the United States and the importance of providing culturally sensitive programs in order to continue the fight against teenage pregnancy and STI rates in adolescents.

This paper explores how people of color, particularly black people in the Atlanta area, navigate inside and outside of their sexual communities – particularly, BDSM, polyamory and swinging communities. I investigated how participants’ (N=11) identity construction and sexual actions/behaviors contributed to the benefits and/or consequences that fostered the navigation of non-sexual and sexual communities using queer theory and intersectionality theory with a womanist approach. Particularly, I found that my participants migrated towards communities based on privilege, comfort, and acts of resistance. In addition, I found that while they all identified as “perverts of color,” they did not identify as “promiscuous.” Overall, this study highlights the potential for people to resist certain oppressions, all while maintaining a sex-positive politic inside and outside of their alternative sexual communities. It also emphasizes the need to broaden our scopes on sexual liberation movements that marginalize those with various intersections of identities.

Sexual minority women have been repeatedly overlooked in violence against women research. As a result, we know little about the experiences and needs of non-heterosexual or gender non-conforming survivors. Given the paucity of information available on this topic, this study was exploratory in nature and used a phenomenological approach. Open-ended, unstructured interviews focused on the lived experience of surviving sexual violence and the impact that this experience has had on the survivors’ same-sex sexuality. While a number of reoccurring themes generated from this project are well represented within the broad and well-developed canon of sexual violence research, participants also introduced features unique to LBQ and same-sex attracted women. Results from this project are intended to begin a long overdue dialogue about the needs of this understudied community of survivors.

ABSTRACT This paper was intended as an investigation of the sexual values and attitudes of the aboriginal junior high school students, who were born and raised in a non-patriarchal (matriarchal) society. The first part of this thesis was the literature review, including studies on the traditional aboriginal cultural characteristics and relevant theories of sexual values and attitudes. Then, this paper presented the statistic results from the author-formulated questionnaires, which stressed on the sexual values and attitudes. The valid samples in our research included 13 schools from six counties, i.e., Hualian, Pingdong, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taipei and Yilan County. The number of the aboriginal junior high school students was 407 and 132 for the non-aboriginal one. The total valid samples were 539. Below is a series of preliminary results elicited from the statistic analysis. 1. The aboriginal junior high students in a non-patriarchal society held a mid-to-high level attitude toward the sexual values. Among these sexual values, the value of ¡§the opinions of the two sexes¡¨ was perceived as the highest, followed by ¡§the views on social participation,¡¨ while ¡§the views on the attachment to the family¡¨ the lowest. 2. The aboriginal junior high students in a non-patriarchal society revealed a medium level of the sexual attitudes. Among these sexual attitudes, ¡§sexual harassment and sex infringement¡¨ received the highest average points, followed by ¡§the interaction of two sexes,¡¨ while ¡§the sex roles¡¨ the lowest average points. 3. The aboriginal junior high students in a non-patriarchal society who were ¡§female,¡¨ ¡§the Ami,¡¨ ¡§Father: the aboriginal, Mother: the Hans¡¨ and the expectation of their parents was ¡§treat boys and girls on an equal basis¡¨ tended to have the highest value of the equality in two sexes. While others who were ¡§male,¡¨ ¡§the Atayal,¡¨ ¡§parents aboriginal,¡¨ and their parents were with ¡§no particular expectation to child¡¨ tended to have the most deviant values of the equality in two sexes. 4. The most positive sexual attitudes held by the aboriginal junior high students in a non-patriarchal society were those who were ¡§female,¡¨ ¡§the Paiwan¡¨ and parents¡¦ harmonious degree ¡§quarrels once in a while.¡¨ However, others who were ¡§male,¡¨ ¡§the Atayal¡¨ and parents¡¦ harmonious degree of a ¡§very harmonious¡¨ displayed the least positive sexual attitudes. 5. There was significant difference between the aboriginals of different ethnicities and the Hans junior high students in the whole sexual values, ¡§the opinions of the two sexes,¡¨ ¡§the views on independent social activities,¡¨ ¡§the views on the attachment to the family¡¨ and ¡§the views on social participation¡¨ etc. ¡§The Hans (non-aboriginal)¡¨ revealed significantly higher sexual values on the whole sexual values and ¡§the opinions of the two sexes¡¨ than ¡§the Atayal.¡¨ Moreover, there was significant difference between the aboriginals of different ethnicities and the Hans (non-aboriginal) junior high students in the whole sexual attitudes and the performances constructed by factors as ¡§the interaction of two sexes,¡¨ ¡§sexual orientation¡¨ and ¡§sexual knowledge¡¨ etc. Still the Hans (non-aboriginal) appeared a more positive sexual attitude toward ¡§the interaction of two sexes¡¨ than ¡§the Atayal.¡¨ 6. Significant positive correlation appeared among each factors of the sexual values and attitudes by the aboriginal junior high students in a non-patriarchal society. The sexual values revealed a typical correlation with the sexual attitudes as well. The sexual values of the aboriginal junior high students in a non-patriarchal society can predict validly its sexual attitudes, making an explainable total variation quantity up to 38.331%. The higher sexual values of ¡§the views on social participation,¡¨ the more positive attitudes to ¡§the interaction of two sexes¡¨ and ¡§the sex roles.¡¨ The higher sexual values of ¡§the views on the attachment to the family,¡¨ the fewer performances on the ¡§sexual harassment and sex infringement.¡¨

En nuestro medio multicultural el aspecto de la sexualidad es complejo pues involucra una serie de aspectos como el emocional, biológico, social, físico y mental en cada ser humano. También se evidencian distorsiones, tabúes, mitos, carencia de información, que conducen a los adolescentes a una práctica no apropiada y conductas erradas, a pesar que en los anteriores años en los centros educativos se ha puesto énfasis a la educación sobre el mismo. Tal es así que al preguntar a los adolescentes ¿Qué es sexualidad responden: “Es sexo”, “Tener relaciones sexuales”, “Pasan en la televisión”, “Siempre bromeamos de eso con los chicos”, “eso pues...eso señorita”. Otros se ríen cuando se le pregunta y otros prefieren no hablar del tema. Y es más no tocan el tema con los adultos y sólo lo hablan entre ellos. El presente estudio “Conocimientos sobre sexualidad que tienen los adolescentes de Centros Educativos de Lima” tiene como objetivo determinar el nivel de conocimiento sobre sexualidad que tienen los adolescentes de Centros Educativos de Lima. El propósito estuvo orientado a que con la información obtenida, incentive al personal de enfermería y personas responsables a capacitarse y diseñar nuevos programas de educación permanente en sexualidad. El estudio es de nivel aplicativo tipo cuantitativo, método descriptivo de corte transversal. La población estuvo conformada por estudiantes del 4° y 5° año de secundaria de los Centros Educativos de Lima - Cercado; seleccionándose una muestra de 533 adolescentes por el método de conglomerados. El instrumento que se utilizó fue el cuestionario y la técnica la encuesta. Las conclusiones fueron que los conocimientos sobre sexualidad que tienen los adolescentes son de nivel medio, relacionado a que desconocen las prácticas sexuales riesgosas que traen como consecuencia los embarazos precoses y no deseados, abortos, ITS y otros. Por lo que se considera tener en cuenta el Proyecto de Fortalecimiento propuesto con participación de la universidad. / In our multicultural middle the aspect of the sexuality is complex therefore involves a series of aspects as the emotional, biological, social, physical and mental one in each human being. Also distortions are shown, taboo, myths, lack of information, that conduct the adolescents to a not appropriate practice and erroneous conducts, to weigh that and the previous years in the educational institutions has placed emphasis to the education on the same one. Such it is so al to ask the adolescents ¿What is sexuality they respond: “Is sex”, “to Have sexual relations”, “they Pass in the television”, “Always we joke of that with the boys”, “that therefore. ..eso young lady”. Other they laugh when him is asked and other they prefer not to speak of the theme. And it is more they do not touch the theme with the adults and only they speak it among them. Which is the level of know-how on sexuality that have the adolescents of Educational Institutions of File, 2005? Whose objective was: to Determine the level of know-how on sexuality that have the adolescents of Educational Institutions of File. The purpose was oriented to that with the information obtained in the present study, I encourage al personal of nursing and people responsible for the adolescents to be qualified and to design new programs of permanent education in sexuality. A program of strengthening oriented to the adoption of healthy sexual conducts from the information that possess, and utilizing the available resources contributing to diminish the risk in infections of sexual broadcast and the promotion of a quality of healthy life. The level of study is application quantitative type, method utilized was descriptive of cross section. It was carried out in the state Educational Institutions of the District of the Enclosure of File. The population was conformed by students of the 4° and 5° year of secondary; being selected a sample of 533 adolescents by the method of conglomerates. The instrument that was utilized was the questionnaire, the same one that was validated by means of judgments of experts. The investigation permitted to conclude that: The know-how on sexuality that have the adolescents they are of medium level, in aspects related to the risky sexual practices that bring as consequence the embarrassments precoses and done not desire, abortions, ITS and other. For which it was recommended to keep in mind the project of strengthening proposed with participation of the university.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 312-347). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (DClinPsychol)--Salomons Centre. BLDSC no. DXN049061.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 204-209).

This descriptive, comparative, correlational study explored the relationships among demographic characteristics, health histories, disease characteristics, body image, anxiety and depression, sexual relationship power, female sexual function, and sexual satisfaction; examined sexual self-schema as a moderator or mediator on female sexual function and sexual satisfaction; and compared the differences in female sexual function and sexual satisfaction between women with gynecological or rectal cancer and women without any cancer. Fifty-five females with gynecological or rectal cancer in the study group and 72 females without any cancer in the comparison group completed seven structured questionnaires. For females in the study group, a significant negative relationship existed between time since surgery and anxiety and depression, between the number of cancer treatments and female sexual function, and between performance status and anxiety and depression. In addition, a significant positive relationship existed between performance status and sexual relationship power and between the number of cancer treatments and sexual satisfaction. Further, body image was significantly related to anxiety and depression, sexual relationship power, sexual self-schema, and sexual satisfaction. The anxiety and depression factor was significantly linked with sexual relationship power, female sexual function, and sexual satisfaction. There was a significant negative relationship between sexual satisfaction and sexual relationship power and between sexual satisfaction and female sexual function. Also, females in the study group reported significantly worse sexual function and sexual satisfaction than females in the comparison group. A hierarchical multiple regression model accounted for 40% of the variance in female sexual function, and gynecological/rectal cancer, body image, and the interaction between sexual relationship power and sexual self-schema were three significant predictors. After controlling for gynecological/rectal cancer, body image, sexual relationship power, sexual self-schema, and the interaction term between sexual relationship power and sexual self-schema, female sexual function accounted for 17% of the variance in sexual satisfaction. In unsolicited comments, females in the study group described the changes in their sexual lives after surgery and treatments, emphasizing that sexual information should be provided promptly and effectively by health care providers. The study findings led to implications and recommendations for the conceptual framework, nursing practice, research, and education. / text

Sexual violence and in particular sexual harassment is an unfortunate reality in the lives of millions of Mexican women. We encounter this problem in all areas of our life: on the streets, within our families, and at work. Interestingly, some women's experiences of sexual harassment are less visible than others. This is the case of women in the occupation of paid household work. In Mexico, the fact that women household workers are sexually harassed or raped by their male employers has been silenced and at best kept as an open secret. In addition, researchers who have studied the lives of household workers barely mention it. Consequently, this master's thesis answers the following research questions: (1) Are women domestic workers vulnerable to sexual harassment? Why? and, (2) What are the social and cultural factors responsible for such vulnerabilities? I engage with these research questions by exploring the life histories of 11 women from Monterrey, Nuevo León and who have at least 5 years of working experience in the occupation, through in-depth interviews. Based on what the women shared with me I offer a collection of individual life stories followed by a feminist informed analysis of their experiences. Each story is unique and presents their views and perceptions of sexual harassment in the occupation and elsewhere. The analysis is divided in five mayor themes, which emerged in all of the interviews and explain the problematic. Although they enter the occupation knowing there are potential risks, one of which is sexual harassment, they are unable to change occupations due to limited work options. I argue that their social positionalities stemming from their gender, race, and class puts these women in a vulnerable position vis-a-vis their employers. As working class women, some from indigenous backgrounds, their employers engage in different types of discrimination, all of which construct women household workers as the other and their bodies as rapeable. At last, women blame themselves and others who have been targets of sexual harassment while freeing men from any type of accountability. / text