Pleasure is a key motivator for sex globally, while unsafe sex is the largest risk factor for
young women's mortality and the second for young men. However, framing of sex education …

Using in-depth interviews, we asked sexuality educators in South Africa about their own
professional preparation and what they believed were necessary educator characteristics for …

South African schools are tasked with providing sexuality education through the Life
Orientation curriculum as a means of challenging continued high rates of HIV, unwanted …

We explored types and qualities of microaggressions or subtle forms of discrimination
towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people among teachers in South …

Using the interlocking concepts of power, knowledge and discourse, this article focuses on
how counter normative sexualities are discursively constructed in the sexuality education …

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 …

Emotions are central to social justice work in education but receive scant research attention
in South Africa. Our study explores the role of emotions in teachers' approaches to teaching …

Background. Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) remains a challenge
globally. This study aims to gauge the perceptions of parents towards the delivery of SRH …

Teacher attitudes and instructional strategies impact success of human sexuality programs.
Limited prior research has examined the relations of teachers' attitudes and instruction to the …

In in-depth interviews with 25 Life Orientation teachers in South Africa, we found that
teachers spontaneously drew upon notions of culture to explain and justify people's sexual …