Drouet, Sophie (2011) Nadine Dorries’ proposals for abstinence education are baffling, off-point and inimical to young women’s, as well as men’s, sexual health. British Politics and Policy at LSE (20 Jan 2011) Blog Entry.
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Sophie Drouet argues that compulsory abstinence education would endanger young women’s capacities to make informed decisions about their sex lives, burden them with the exclusive responsibility of not getting pregnant, shame them for having sex, and prescribe a dangerously retrograde attitude towards female sexuality.
| Item Type: | Website (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 the Author |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
| Sets: | Departments > Gender Institute Collections > British Politics and Policy at LSE |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/usingTheLibrary/academicSupport/OA/depositYourResearch.aspx |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2011 08:46 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/37966/ |
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