Teaching about Sex and Sexualities in Higher Education

by Susan Hillock (Editor)

Overview

Teaching about Sex and Sexualities in Higher Education argues that much more can be done in teaching about sex and sexuality in higher education. This edited collection provides key information on professional training and support, and acts as a crucial resource on sex, sexuality, and related issues. With a focus on diversity, this book features expert contributors who discuss key concepts, debates, and current issues across disciplines to help educators improve curriculum content.

This collection aims to provide adequate and appropriate sex education training and opportunities to educators so that they may explore complex personal and emotional issues, build skills, and develop the confidence necessary to help others in their respective fields.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781487535414
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	08/31/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	360
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Susan Hillock is an associate professor of social work and a faculty member in the Department of Social Work and the Department of Graduate Studies in Education at Trent University.

Table of Contents

Preface – Susan Hillock
Introduction- Let’s Teach About Sex
Susan Hillock

Section 1- Current Debates and Hot Topics
Susan Hillock

1. Don’t Ask/ Don’t Tell: Sexuality(ies), Instructor Disclosure, and Trigger Warnings in the Classroom
Susan Hillock

2. Restoring Indigenous Sexuality
Carrie Bourassa, Betty McKenna, Miranda Keewatin, Sadie Anderson, Marlin Legare, Mikayla Hagel, Danette Starblanket, Jen Billan, & Cari McIlduff

3. Teaching Sexual Consent
Terry Humphreys
4. What About The Boys: University students Learning About Sexual Consent-talk From Youth in Northern Ontario”
Jennifer L. Johnson

5. The Down Low on Getting Down: Reframing Problem-focused Narratives by Focusing on Sex-positivity and Desire-based Education
Amie Kroes

6. Transgender Experiences in Healthcare – Addressing Challenges While Teaching Compassion in Higher Education
Colleen McMillan, Mike Lee-Poy, & Carys Massarella

Section 2- At the Margins: Diverse Voices And Perspectives
Susan Hillock

7. What’s the big deal? A Roundtable Reflecting on Queer and Feminist Porn Studies
Laine Zisman Newman, Sarah Lima, Stuart MacLeod, Oreoluwa Adara, & Imogen Tam

8. Past Practices: How to Think About Sex Historically
Elise Chenier

9. Queering Masculinity in Early Childhood and Higher Education Classrooms: Gendered Regulation and the 'Double-Bind' of Queer Masculinities
Adam W. J. Davies

10. Working With Muslim LGBTQ Service Users: Assessing and Locating Supportive Care and Teaching Practices
Maryam Khan
11. Sexuality and Aging
Lorna Guse and Hai Luo

12. Uncertain Subjects: (Un)Teaching Pain(ful) Sexualities, Power, and Pedagogy
Renee Dumaresque

Section 3- Practical Applications and Recommendations
Susan Hillock

13. Sex & Gender in the Classroom: Lessons From (and For) the Front Lines
Heather Peters

14. The Pitch: Teaching Sexuality at Multiple Levels
Nick J. Mulé

15. Sexual Health Education for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
Shaniff Esmail, Meg Tronson, & Sheena Churla

16. Teachable Moments: The Intersections of Disabilities and Sexualities
Michelle Owen & Baden Gaeke Franz

17. Supporting Service Users’ Sexuality: Teaching Best Practices to Social Work Students
Gary Christopher Sterling- Murphy & Rick Csiernik

18. Conclusion: Can We Just Stop Faking It: Real Talk About Sex and Sexualities In The Classroom
Susan Hillock

Contributor Bios
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C

What People are Saying About This

Stephanie Begun

"This book demonstrates clear objectives pertaining to providing needed resources on sexuality pedagogy from a social work lens, and includes sound scholarship on a diversity of sexuality-related issues and topics. Well-researched and inclusive of a wide array of perspectives, this is a major contribution to the social work pedagogical literature."

Sheri M. McConnell

"A pleasure to read, this long-overdue book articulates a social justice perspective on exploring current debates and hot topics, while integrating diverse voices and perspectives. The contributors draw on their own professional and personal experiences, integrating current literature and candid discussion to critically engage readers in strategically challenging the barriers to openly and honestly discussing sex and sexuality."

Richard L. Edwards

"This collection makes an extremely important contribution to the higher education literature on teaching about sex and sexualities. The eighteen chapters, written by an interdisciplinary list of experts, cover a range of critically important issues for faculty members and students preparing to become social workers or other kinds of human and psychiatric services professionals. "

Editorial Reviews

"This book demonstrates clear objectives pertaining to providing needed resources on sexuality pedagogy from a social work lens, and includes sound scholarship on a diversity of sexuality-related issues and topics. Well-researched and inclusive of a wide array of perspectives, this is a major contribution to the social work pedagogical literature."

—Stephanie Begun, Assistant Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

"A pleasure to read, this long-overdue book articulates a social justice perspective on exploring current debates and hot topics, while integrating diverse voices and perspectives. The contributors draw on their own professional and personal experiences, integrating current literature and candid discussion to critically engage readers in strategically challenging the barriers to openly and honestly discussing sex and sexuality."

—Sheri M. McConnell, School of Social Work, Memorial University

"This collection makes an extremely important contribution to the higher education literature on teaching about sex and sexualities. The eighteen chapters, written by an interdisciplinary list of experts, cover a range of critically important issues for faculty members and students preparing to become social workers or other kinds of human and psychiatric services professionals. "

—Richard L. Edwards, Rutgers University

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