Relationship and Sex Education

Free to Access Reading List

Relationship and Sex Education became compulsory in UK schools from September 2020. To support this change, we have made leading research on relationship and sex education free to access. From school and youth sex education, to parent-child communication, STI prevention, and more, we are proud to promote peer-reviewed research that is facilitating the important conversation around RSE in schools, colleges and universities worldwide.

All articles are free to access through this page until 31st December 2020.

Twinterview

Dr. Cynthia Graham, editor of The Journal of Sex Research and Dr. Justin Lehmiller, author and Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute joined us on 21^st September 2020 for an exclusive Twitter interview on the state of relationship and sex education. You can read the Twinterview HERE.

School and LGBT Relationship and Sex Education

Article Title	Journal
School-based Sexuality Education Experiences across Three Generations of Sexual Minority People	The Journal of Sex Research
Sexual Health Perceptions Among First-Year Students at a British University	American Journal of Sexuality Education
Adolescents’ conceptions of learning and education about sex and relationships	American Journal of Sexuality Education
The importance of power and agency in a universal health coverage agenda for adolescent girls	Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
The impact of college‐level sex education on sexual knowledge, attitudes, and practices: The knowledge/sexual experimentation myth revisited Barack Obama vs Bristol Palin: why the President’s sex education policy wins	Deviant Behavior
Opportune Romance: How College Campuses Shape Students’ Hookups, Dates, and Relationships	The Sociological Quarterly
School sex education: Teachers' and young adults' perceptions of relevance for LGBT students	Journal of LGBT Youth
Homophobia, conversion therapy, and care models for trans youth: defending the gender-affirmative approach	Journal of LGBT Youth
Sexual health and Risk-Taking behaviors among New York city high school students: variation by sexual orientation and gender identity status	Journal of LGBT Youth
Sex-Ed without the Stigma: What Gay and Bisexual Men Would like Offered in School Based Sex Education	Journal of Homosexuality

The State of Sex Education in the United States in 2020

In this blog post Dr. Justin Lehmiller considers the state of american sex education in 2020, including an infographic for a closer look at how variable sex education is throughout the nation today.

Read here

Let’s Talk About Sex – Sexual Networks And the Clustering of STIs

Read the blog discussing Chris Kenyon's articles on F1000Research on sexual networks, the propagation of STIs and how they impact the sexual and reproductive health of millions of people worldwide.

Article Title	Journal
Development and Testing of the Parent-Child Sex Communication Inventory: A multidimensional assessment tool for parent and adolescent informants	The Journal of Sex Research
Gender Differences in Parents’ Communication With Their Adolescent Children about Sexual Risk and Sex-Positive Topics	The Journal of Sex Research
Pubertal Timing, Parenting Style, and Trajectories of Pornography Use in Adolescence: Peer Pornography Use as the Mediator	The Journal of Sex Research
The Steps of Sexuality—A Developmental, Emotion-Focused, Child-Centered Model of Sexual Development and Sexuality Education from Birth to Adulthood	International Journal of Sexual Health

Gender Equality

Article Title	Journal
The #MeToo movement and restorative justice: exploring the views of the public	Contemporary Justice Review
Further gender equality – is it good or bad for sexual health?	Journal of Gender Studies
Policy Learning and Transformational Change: University Policies on Sexual Harassment	Journal of Women, Politics & Policy
Administering Biology: How “Bathroom Bills” Criminalize and Stigmatize Trans and Gender Nonconforming People in Public Space	Administrative Theory & Praxis
Rights-protectors or rights-violators? Deconstructing teacher discrimination against LGBT students in England and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as an advocacy tool	The International Journal of Human Rights
Gender-Based Violence Prevention Workshops: An Experimental Evaluation of Efficacy	International Journal of Public Administration

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