SIECUS Report articles

Recent articles from SIECUS Report

The many meanings of the phrase "Hard to Teach".(sex education)(Editorial)
September 22, 2005... The title of this issue, "Hard to Teach," stems from a publication we created a number of years ago called Filling the Gaps: Hard to Teach Topics in Sexuality Education. At the time, we had heard from many educators that there was a lack of resources to help them tackle certain topics such as...

Advocates on both sides are as passionate as ever: SIECUS controversy report 2004-05 school year.
September 22, 2005... The 2004-05 school year brought many of the same issues and players to local debates around sexuality education in our nation's schools as in previous years. Opponents of comprehensive sexuality education continued their work to shelter young people from information and skills that they...

Lakoff for sexuality educators: the power and magic of "framing".(George Lakoff, "Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate")
September 22, 2005... Like a lot of other sexuality educators in recent months, I've been reading and synthesizing a new book by Dr. George Lakoff, Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate. Lakoff is a cognitive scientist, a neurolinguist to be more exact, who specializes in a fascinating...

Lesson plan: conceptual models of sexual activity: baseball is out; pizza is in.(The Power of Language: Baseball as a Sexual Metaphor in American Culture)(Book review)
September 22, 2005... Conceptual models are powerful because they set forth the "rules" for a given situation. If these models go unexamined, the "rules" by which one operates may also go unexamined. This may lead to unintended actions or unintended consequences of actions. The idea for this lesson sprang from...

Lesson plan: your gender--beyond black & white.
September 22, 2005... Purpose: This activity explores gender and gender role expectations. Participants explore ways they may and may not conform to societal expectations, as well as investigate ways in which gender may not be as dichotomous as is frequently assumed. Discussion also explores ways one's internal...