Exploring College Students’ K-12 Sex Education Reflections Through a FemCrit Framework

Abstract

Postsecondary institutions need to better understand college student learning associated with K-12 sex education. Learning more about college students’ pre-collegiate reflections of sex education curriculum can support more comprehensive school-based programs as well as collegiate sexual health services and resources on campuses. Through a FemCrit framework, this qualitative study examines college student reflections of their K-12 sex education in the United States. Findings reveal that K-12 sex education curriculum and learning is rooted in systems of cisheteropatriarchy, Christian ideologies, and binary approaches.

Keywords:

• Sexual health education
• college students
• critical feminism

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