Let's Talk about Sex - A Comparative Study of Sex Education Policies
Author
Brahe, Lærke Kathrine
Term
4. semester
Education
Publication year
2024
Pages
48
Abstract
Denne afhandling undersøger, hvordan seksualundervisning repræsenteres i Florida House Bill 1069 og det foreslåede New York Assembly Bill A4604, samt hvilke konsekvenser de forskellige måder at frame emnet på kan have. Med teoretisk afsæt i intersektionel feminisme, kønsteori og framing anvendes Bacchis “What’s the problem represented to be?” som ramme for en tekst-som-data komparativ policyanalyse og en diskursanalyse med fokus på framing. Analysen viser, at de to politikker behandler det samme emne på næsten modsatte måder: Florida HB 1069 søger at begrænse indhold og fremstiller seksualundervisning som beskyttelse af børns uskyld og som et spørgsmål om forældrerettigheder, mens New York A4604 tilstræber en inkluderende tilgang, hvor inklusion fremstilles som en sikkerhedsforanstaltning for elever, og forældres indflydelse på pensum er mindre fremtrædende. Afhandlingen peger på, at valg af politisk sprog og framing kan have negative konsekvenser for LGBT+ ansatte og elever, hvis restriktioner vedtages.
This thesis examines how sex education is represented in Florida’s House Bill 1069 and the proposed New York Assembly Bill A4604, and what the consequences of their differing framings might be. Drawing on intersectional feminism, gender theory, and framing theory, it applies Bacchi’s “What’s the problem represented to be?” approach to guide a text-as-data comparative policy analysis and a framing-based discourse analysis. The study finds that the two policies treat the same subject in nearly opposite ways: Florida HB 1069 seeks to restrict content, framing sex education as protection of children’s innocence and as a matter of parental rights, whereas New York A4604 aims to expand and make instruction inclusive, framing inclusivity as a safety measure for students and limiting parental involvement in curriculum content. The analysis indicates that policy discourse choices can negatively affect LGBT+ faculty and students when restrictive measures are enacted.
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