Concept information
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sociology
sociology of education
education and social inequality: gender and sexuality
sex education
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education studies
sociology of education
education and social inequality: gender and sexuality
sex education
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subjects of study
personal, social, health and economic education
family life education
sex education
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subjects of study
personal, social, health and economic education
health education
sex education
Preferred term
abstinence-only sexual education
Definition
- Abstinence-only sexual education (also “abstinence education” and “abstinence-until-marriage education”) refers to a group of sexual education curricula intended to teach children that they should abstain from sexual intimacy with another individual until they become adults and usually until they are married. Many U.S. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Abstinence-Only Sexual Education]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/abstinence-only_sexual_education
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