Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
Through qualitative interviews with primary school teachers, this research sought to uncover how heterosexual privilege is maintained in talk about sexuality. More specifically, this research sought to identify the strategies used by teachers in talking to their students about sexuality. These strategies took shape in the following: a reliance on scientific explanations, deferring to others, a reliance on faith and religion, and the presumption that children are innocent and asexual. This research determined that these strategies were used to produce, reproduce, and maintain heterosexism and heteronormativity. The implications of this research are that schools are missing an important opportunity to create a safe and inclusive environment for gay
Recommended Citation
Spengen, Anna, "The Social Construction of Sexuality in Primary School Classrooms" (2014). Sociology Major Research Papers. 3.
https://scholars.wlu.ca/soci_mrp/3