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“Raising Sexually Pure Kids”.
Sexual Abstinence, Conservative Christians and American Politics.
Greslé-Favier, Claire
Amsterdam/New York, NY, 2009, XXVII, 276 pp.
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Series:
At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries 59
“[the] conclusions are well substantiated with meticulous research … Greslé-Favier’s contention that it is worthwhile to look at mobilization of abstinence sex education and moral panics about sex in the United States is convincing”
Journal of American Studies, 44 (2010)
Raising Sexually Pure Kids: Sexual Abstinence, Conservative Christians and American Politics analyzes pro-abstinence discourses issued by the conservative Christian community and the G.W. Bush administration, to underline that abstinence is not a peripheral matter, but is a cultural and political issue of great significance in US society, especially in the past decade. This book seeks to bring to light how pro-abstinence discourses coalesce most of the core agendas of conservative Christians – like creationism, parental rights or the culture war - and enabled them and the Bush administration, to on the one hand, preserve traditional hierarchies and on the other hand, maintain the sense of threat necessary to the protection of the status quo and to the enduring commitment of the conservative Christian constituency.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Pro-“Sexual Abstinence Before Marriage” Discourses in US History
“Religious” Pro-Abstinence Discourses: The LaHayes
“Medical” Pro-Abstinence Discourses: Meg Meeker
“Political” Pro-Abstinence Discourses: The Heritage Foundation and Rebecca Hagelin
“Governmental” Pro-Abstinence Discourses: The G. W. Bush Administration
Abstinence and Creationism
Abstinence, Faith and Religious Authority
Abstinence and the Traditional Family Cell
Abstinence and Parental Rights
Abstinence and Welfare
Abstinence and the “Culture War”
The Different Functions of Pro-Abstinence Discourses
A Common Goal: Reinforcing Traditional Hierarchies
Conclusion
Bibliography
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