Sexual Education, Gender Ideology, and Youth Sexual Empowerment

@article{Grose2014SexualEG,
  title={Sexual Education, Gender Ideology, and Youth Sexual Empowerment},
  author={Rose Grace Grose and Shelly Grabe and Danielle Kohfeldt},
  journal={The Journal of Sex Research},
  year={2014},
  volume={51},
  pages={742 - 753}
}
Sexual education plays an essential role in preventing unplanned pregnancy and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). School-based sexual education programs, in particular, may be well positioned to address social factors that are empirically linked to negative sexual health outcomes, such as traditional social norms surrounding gender and sexuality. However, youth are seldom granted access to sexual education programs that explicitly address these issues. This study… 
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