Books by Jessica Fields
“In Risky Lessons, Jessica Fields takes a deep dive into how students experience sex education in three different schools in North Carolina and into what the grownups around them think they’re promoting through that sex education. What’s so groundbreaking and important about this book is that she shows that even comprehensive sex education frequently contains an anti-sex message because it emphasizes the dangers of sex.” Read more...
The best books on Sex and Teenagers
Jennifer Hirsch, Anthropologist
Interviews where books by Jessica Fields were recommended
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Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social Inequality
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Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens, and the Culture of Sex
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Sex, Teens, and Everything in Between
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Yes! No! A First Conversation about Consent
by Isabel Roxas, Jessica Ralli & Megan Madison -
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Speak
by Laurie Halse Anderson
The best books on Sex and Teenagers, recommended by Jennifer Hirsch
The best books on Sex and Teenagers, recommended by Jennifer Hirsch
We have a responsibility to educate our teenagers about sex and intimacy, says Jennifer Hirsch—Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University and the co-author of a new book on campus sexual assault. Here she recommends five books that offer parents and teens guidance on how to approach an often fraught topic.
