An 'Anchor Baby' Yearns for a Feminist of Colour and Decolonial Sex Education
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| Title: | An 'Anchor Baby' Yearns for a Feminist of Colour and Decolonial Sex Education |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Parra, Michelle Gomez |
| Source: | Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning. 2023 23(3):254-262. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Sex Education, Sexuality, Feminism, Decolonization, Racism, Gender Issues, Power Structure, Public Policy, Curriculum Development, Attitude Change, Federal Legislation, Welfare Services, Immigration |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: | Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act, Immigration Reform and Control Act 1986 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14681811.2022.2071251 |
| ISSN: | 1468-1811 1472-0825 |
| Abstract: | Sex and sexuality curricula in the USA should acknowledge the structural conditions racialised young people navigate to make sense of their sexual experiences and more explicitly recognise the political power of gender and sexuality. This paper suggests educators use women of colour feminism and decolonial studies to offer a historicised approach to understanding and engaging with gender and sexuality. Such an approach acknowledges how European colonisation has constructed white middle-class masculinity, femininity and heterosexuality as normative and pathologises other forms of gender and sexuality expression. It encourages educators to address state investment in colonial hierarchies by foregrounding how national legislation and associated discourses support the institutionalised pathologisation of racialised sexuality. Using a feminist of colour and decolonial approach, the article examines how US national policy further disciplines racialised sexuality by employing discourses of 'anchor babies' to justify the passing of new laws. It draws on the author's experience as an educator of colour to show how historicising gender and sexuality can teach racialised students there is nothing pathological about their sexuality. A transformed sex and sexuality curriculum is proposed to teach students about the political power they wield, and what critical understanding and action they can achieve. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1386319 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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