Life Orientation sexuality education in South Africa : gendered norms, justice and transformation

• Published in: Perspectives in education Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Shefer, Tamara, Macleod, Catriona
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bloemfontein University of the Free State 01-06-2015; University of the Free State Faculty of Education; University of the Free State, Faculty of Education
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Adult Education; Adult Learning; Age Differences; AIDS; Classroom Observation Techniques; Communities of Practice; Continuing education; Cultural Context; Early Parenthood; Education; Educational Environment; Ethnography; Foreign Countries; Gender; Gender Differences; Gender Issues; Grade 10; Grade 8; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Justice; Pregnancy; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative research; Researchers; Resistance (Psychology); Schools; Sex Education; Sexual behavior; Sexuality; Social Class; Social Differences; Social justice; Social Problems; South Africa; Statistical Analysis; Students; Studies; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Violence; Young Adults; South Africa
• ISSN: 0258-2236; 2519-593X
• DOI: 10.38140/pie.v33i2.1902

Research on sexual practices among young South Africans has proliferated in light of the national imperatives to challenge the spread of HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence and unwanted early pregnancies. It has been widely acknowledged that, in order to respond to these social problems, we need to understand the enmeshment of gender, class, age and other forms of social inequality, and how these are played out in 'normal' heterosexual relationships.