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Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924 - Robin E. Jensen

Publication Date: 2010

Dirty Words: The Rhetoric of Public Sex Education, 1870-1924 details the approaches and outcomes of sex education initiatives in the Progressive Era. In analyzing the rhetorical strategies of sex-education advocates, Robin E. Jensen engages with rich sources such as lectures, books, movies, and posters that were often shaped by female health advocates and instructors. Her narrative demonstrates how women were both leaders and innovators in early U.S. sex-education movements, striving to provide education to underserved populations of women, minorities, And The working class. Investigating the communicative and rhetorical practices surrounding the emergence of public sex education in the United States, Jensen shows how women in particular struggled for a platform to create and circulate arguments concerning this controversial issue.Robin E. Jensen is an assistant professor of communication at Purdue University.

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Videos/DVDs

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The Purity Myth

(DVD) The United States is obsessed with virginity from the media to schools to government agencies. The Purity Myth is an important and timely critique of about why this is so, and why it's problematic for girls and women. Analyzing cultural stereotypes and media messages, Jessica Valenti reveals the overt and hidden ways our society links a woman's worth to her sexuality rather than to values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. With intelligence and wit, this film exposes the legal and social punishments that women who dare to have sex endure, while presenting a powerful argument that evaluating girls and women on their sexuality needs to stop.

The bro code: how contemporary culture creates sexist men

(DVD) Introduction (2:15) -- Step 1. Train men to womanize (18:03) -- Step 2. Immerse men in porn (13:25) -- Step 3. Make rape jokes (11:33) -- Step 4. Obey the masculinity cops (12:22).

Killing us softly 4: advertising's image of women /

(DVD) A 2010 sequel to the classic work by Jean Kilbourne. Contents: Introduction -- Ads everywhere -- A constructed beauty -- Objectification -- Judged by looks alone -- Thinness -- Dieting -- Eating & morality -- Global impact -- Infantilization & powerlessness -- Advertising & sex -- Experienced virgins -- Consumerism & sexualizing products -- Masculinity -- Violence -- What to do?

The codes of gender: identity + performance in pop culture

(DVD) Contents: Sex & gender -- The feminine touch -- The ritualization of subordination -- Licensed withdrawal -- Infantalization -- Codes of masculinity -- Trapped in the code -- History, power & gender display.

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More Selected New Books

The Vulnerable Empowered Woman - Tasha N. Dubriwny

Publication Date: 2013

Gender and the City Before Modernity - Lin Foxhall (Editor); Gabriele Neher (Editor)

Publication Date: 2013

Dead Women Talking - Brian Norman

Publication Date: 2013

Gender and Justice - Sally J. Kenney

Publication Date: 2013

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Welcome

3Qs The Changing Nature of Marriage: featuring Suzanna Walters, Director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Dec 7, 2012 in news@northeastern

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Featured Encyclopedia

Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia-- a free source hosted at the Jewish Women's Archive

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This recommendation comes from the elementary school students at Monument Charter School in Washington, DC. The students reported that the site brought to life influential women in history such as Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, Unsinkable Molly Brown, Helen Keller, Anne Frank, and Sacagawea.

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Thank you to Ms. Clark's class at Monument Charter School!

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Subject Guide

Kathy Herrlich

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Women's Studies, LGBT/Queer Studies, Diversity, Chemistry, Psychology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Featured book

The Female King of Colonial Nigeria - Nwando Achebe

ISBN: 9780253222480

Publication Date: 2011

Nwando Achebe presents the fascinating history of an Igbo woman, Ahebi Ugbabe, who became king in colonial Nigeria. Ugbabe was exiled from Igboland, became a prostitute, traveled widely, and learned to speak many languages. She became a close companion of Nigerian Igala kings and the British officers who supported her claim to the office of headman, warrant chief, and later, king. In this unique biography, Achebe traces the roots of Ugbabe's rise to fame and fortune. While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she also considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.

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