The Politics of Pleasure in Sexuality Education Pleasure Bound [Paperback]

Pleasure and desire have been important components of the vision for sexuality education for over 20 years. This book argues that there has been a lack of scrutiny over the political motivations that underpin research supportive of pleasure and desire within comprehensive sexuality education. In this volume, key researchers in the field consider how discourses related to pleasure and desire have been taken up internationally. They argue that sexuality education is clearly shaped by specific cultural and political contexts, and examine how these contexts have shaped the development of pleasures inclusion in such programs. Via such discussions, this volume incites a re-configuration of thought regarding sexuality educations approach to pleasure and desire.

1. Introduction: Putting Pleasure Under Pressure  Louisa Allen, Mary Lou Rasmussen, and Kathleen Quinlivan  2.Over-sexed and Under Surveillance: Adolescent Sexualities, Cultural Anxieties, and Thick Desire Sara I. McClelland and Michelle Fine  3. Get Some Rhythm Round the Clitoris: Addressing Sexual Pleasure in Sexuality Education in Schools and other Youth Settings Julia Hirst  4. A Well-kept Secret: Sex Education, Masturbation and Public Health Roger Ingham  5.  Whats Wrong with Porn? Engaging with Contemporary Painting to Explore the Commodification of Pleasure in Sexuality Education Kathleen Quinlivan  6. Sacred Pleasure: Exploring Dimensions of Sexual Pleasure and Desire from an Islamic Perspective Fida Sanjakdar  7. Introducing a Critical Pedagogy of Sexual and Reproductive Citizenship: Extending the Framework of Thick Desire Catriona Macleod and Louise Vincent  8. The Hard Work of Pleasure Sharon Lamb  9. Pleasure/Desire, Sexularism and SelÖ