Sexual coercion content in 21 sexuality education curricula.
Sexual coercion, a topic of relevance to school health personnel, may be as common in high school populations as in university populations. Twenty-one sexuality education curricula were examined for information on the topics of date rape, stranger rape, pressure, incest, sexual harassment, unwanted/inappropriate touch, and exploitation/victimization. Curricula scoring highest in total coverage also were the most comprehensive with six of the seven sexual coercion topics covered. Overall, pressure and exploitation/victimization received the greatest attention, while sexual harassment was not covered in any of the curricula. Common themes occurring within the coercion topic areas included guilt, communication/assertiveness skills, blame, drug use, premeditation, fear, sources of help. Results suggest sexuality education curricula have not responded to the increased concern regarding sexual harassment in schools.
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Dept. of Health Education, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707, USA. cbeyer@nccu.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003479:Curriculum; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011902:Rape / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012572:School Health Services; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States