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A Postmodern Feminist Approach to Teaching Human Sexuality
Author(s) -
Baber Kristine M.,
Murray Colleen I.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2001.00023.x
Subject(s) - postmodernism , human sexuality , perspective (graphical) , sociology , action (physics) , diversity (politics) , epistemology , engineering ethics , pedagogy , psychology , gender studies , computer science , engineering , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , anthropology
Postmodern feminist theory provides a valuable perspective for designing and teaching human sexuality courses. The utility of this approach is explained and strategies for helping students understand a constructivist framework presented. The theory is put into action, and the following course goals are addressed: (a) shift from a problem‐oriented to a strengths approach, (b) provide information and skills that are relevant and useful, (c) expand students' thinking about diversity, and (d) help students maximize their own sexual health and minimize exploitation of themselves and others. The article concludes with a discussion of pedagogical and ethical challenges of teaching from a postmodern feminist perspective.