Critical Sexual Literacy: Forecasting Trends in Sexual Politics, Diversity and Pedagogy

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This book is a new and exciting resource for teachers, students, and activists who aim to critically examine contemporary sexuality through the lens of sexual literacy and situated social analysis. This original anthology provides shorter cutting-edge essays on theory, method, and activism, including the nature of globalization and local sexuality discovered in ‘glocal’ topics, processes and contexts.Within the anthology, students, educators, practitioners, and policy makers will find critical conversations regarding a wide array of sexual topics that impact our world currently. These cutting-edge essays inform readers of key moments in sexual history, including areas relating to research, practice and social policy, and provide a platform from which to engage in rich discussion and forecast the development of sexual literacy in our world within multiple contexts. Cover Front Matter Half Title Title page Copyright information Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1-38 Chapter 1 Introduction: What We Mean by Critical Sexual Literacy Part One Sexual Literacy in Education and Research Chapter 2 Critical Pedagogy in Sexuality Education: Moving Toward Student Sexual Literacy as a Human Right Historical Context of Sexuality Education in the United States Teaching Sexuality Education Queering Pedagogical Practices in Sexuality Education References Chapter 3 Situational Analysis and Critical Sexuality Studies Why “the Situation” and Not Just “Context”? Theoretical Foundations of Situational Analysis SA Strategies for Mapping the Situation Distinctive Affordances of SA for Glocal Sexuality Studies Attentiveness to Differences, Marginalities and “Epistemic Diversity” Distinctive Power Analytics Collaborative Capacities for Participatory, Decolonizing and Related Research Conclusions: Sexualities and Relationalities References Chapter 4 Dispelling the Myths about Sexuality Education Chapter 5 Advocating Black Sexual Literacy in U.S. Sexuality Education Efforts References Chapter 6 Reading MacKinnon in San Francisco References Chapter 7 Arguing for Sexual Literacy in Fieldwork Preparation Maintaining Sexual Illiteracy in Fieldwork What Does Fieldwork Sexual Literacy Look Like? The FISST Module Conclusion References Chapter 8 Celebrating Black Sexual Freedom: Prioritizing Accurate Research of Black Sexuality Sexuality Research Studies Media Analysis References Chapter 9 Vnokecetv: Two- Spirit Love at the BAAITS Powwow Acknowledgment Vnokeckv Decolonize Sexuality Vnokeckv at the BAAITS Powwow References Chapter 10 White Fragility and Decolonizing Sexuality Research Constructing Sexuality Decolonizing Sexuality Research Interrogates White Fragility Embodied Reflexivity as a Decolonizing Method Impacts of Decolonizing Sexuality Research References Chapter 11 Doing Critical Sexuality Studies Thinking Criticality in Critical Sexuality Studies Doing Critical Sexuality Studies References Part Two Sexual Literacy in Policy and Social Discourse Chapter 12 Moral and Sex Panics: Barriers to Sexual Literacy References Chapter 13 Sexual Literacy Barriers for Intersex People What Does the Term Intersex Mean? Positionality Considerations in Intersex Sexual Literacy References Chapter 14 Childhood and Sexual Literacy References Chapter 15 Let’s Cancel the Circular Firing Squad: Arguing against Cancel Culture in the Classroom Toward the Sexual Literacy Journey References Chapter 16 Sexual Literacy and Sports: Moving Beyond the Binary in Favor of Evidence- Based Policies Sports as a Male Heterosexual Domain: A Brief Historical Overview Nonbinary Athletes Do Intersex and Transgender Athletes Have an “Unfair” Advantage? Biological Advantages MtF Transgender Athletes Intersex/DSD Athletes GSVT Policy in Sports Controversial Case of Caster Semenya Current Policies Governing Sports Sports Policy per Competitive Level Transforming Sports for the Future: Inclusive and Equitable Policies References Chapter 17 Navigating Surrogacy as a Gay Man: A Personal and Professional Sexual Literacy Journey References Chapter 18 Sexually Fluid and Straight People in the Therapeutic Context Historical Overview The Well-Trained Therapist Common Issues in Therapy Today Useful Modalities References Chapter 19 Reconsidering the Sexual Context of Non- Consensual Sexual Interactions Sexual Illiteracy: Where Is the Sex in Nonconsensual Sexual Interactions? The Mental Health Impact of NCSI Problems with Current Prevention Approaches The (Binary) Gender Bias: Men as Perpetrators, Women as Victims Invisibility of LGBTQ Issues in NCSI Prevention Sexual Well-Being as an Antidote to NCSI Efficacy of the Sexual Well-Being Approach Sexual Literacy Implications Reclaim Sexual Well-Being in Treatment for NCSI Prevent NCSI: Beyond Bias and Toward Sexual Well-Being as a Human Right Include Sexual Well-Being Messaging in Sexual Literacy Campaigns Conclusion References Chapter 20 The Global Gag Rule Expanded Excerpt from “Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017—Regarding the Mexico City Policy” References Chapter 21 A Reckoning: Marxism, Queer Theory and Political Economy Origins of Gender Production Reproduction Consumption References Part Three Sexual Literacy in Diverse Communities Chapter 22 Becoming Critically Glocal: Beyond North and South, Individuals and Cultures in Understanding Sexual Literacies Sexual Literacies in the Contemporary Pacific: Individual and Culture in Papua New Guinea Unorthodox References Chapter 23 Sexual Risks in Migrations to Reach Western Europe Uprooting and Flight The Journeys Reception Conclusions References Chapter 24 Impact and Expansion of Social Networking on Sexual and Gender- Diverse oung People’s Sexual Literacy LGBQ Youth and Young Adults TGD Youth and Young Adults Sexual Literacy: SNSs and Applications Moving Forward: The Future References Chapter 25 Social Media and Sexual/ Gender Diversity among Young People in Thailand Chapter 26 Queer Visibility and Recognition Online References Chapter 27 Errancy and Karma in Thailand: Glocal Sexual Health Literacy in the Name of the Aesthetic of Existence References Chapter 28 A Palm Springs Postcard: Understanding Sexual Literacy among Older Gay Men References Chapter 29 Glocality in the U.S. LGBT Rights Struggle References Chapter 30 Lifelong Sexual Literacy: A Universal Human Right for Sexual Minorities and Majorities References Part Four Sexual Literacy in Health, Well- Being and Practice Chapter 31 Sexual Literacy and Health: A Global Challenge Literacy/Sexual Literacy: How Well Are We Doing? Sexual Health and Sexual Literacy Challenges to Global Sexual Literacy Conclusion References Chapter 32 Reproductive Rights and Justice: Thinking through the Connections, Contradictions and Complexities Reproductive Rights Usefulness and Limitations of Reproductive Rights Reproductive Justice: Feminist, Black Feminist and Queer Approaches Conclusion References Chapter 33 LGBT Minority Stress through a Glocal Lens Progress and Prejudice Stress and Minority Stress Distal and Proximal Stressors Coping and Resilience Minority Stress in Non-US Cultural Contexts Summary References Chapter 34 Redefining Sexual Competence Properties and Attributes of Sexual Competence Agency and Structure, Choice, Performance References Chapter 35 The Medicalization of the DSM: Reconceptualizing Human Sexuality and Gender The Fallacies of Diagnosis Sexual Literacy Exercise References Chapter 36 “Our Body Is Our Own Body”: The Collective Bodies of Public Health Public Health and Its Bodies Locating Critical Sexuality in Public Health “Our body is our own body”: Local Articulations of Sexuality and Public Health Collective Bodies and Common Ground References Chapter 37 COVID- 19: Sexual and Reproductive Health Sex Differences in COVID-19 Cases: Much Is Unknown Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Gendered Impacts of Quarantine/Lockdown Intersections of Risk Conclusion: Including Women’s Voices in the Response References Chapter 38 Advocating for Sexual Literacy References End Matter Contributors Index