Mary Jane Kehily is a lecturer in Childhood Studies at the Open University.

'She writes about schools, and sex education as if they are real ... Reading Mary's work provokes recognition, you remember how it feels to be in a sex education class ... This must be one of the best reads around in the area of sexuality and young people.' - Sex Education'The attention to detail and careful links made between theory, research and practice make this book an enjoyable read which I'd recommend to others.' - Gayle Letherby, Gender and Education'This book is a welcome addition to the debate on sexuality education'. - Educational Review'Not only is it good research but it is also a very interesting and readable book and one that anyone with any sort of interest in sex education would find valuable.' - Pat Sikes, Sexualities

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Fragments from a fading career: personal narratives and emotional investments; Chapter 2 Ways of conceptualising sexuality, gender and schooling; Chapter 3 Producing heterosexualities: the school as a site of discursive practices; Chapter 4 Agony aunts and absences: an analysis of a sex education class; Chapter 5 More Sugar? Teenage magazines, gender displays and sexual learning; Chapter 6 Understanding masculinities: young men, heterosexuality and embodiment; Chapter 7 Sexing the subject: teachers, pedagogies and sex education; Chapter 8 Sexuality, gender and schooling reconsidered: notes towards a conclusion;

Mary Jane Kehily is a lecturer in Childhood Studies at the Open University.

'She writes about schools, and sex education as if they are real ... Reading Mary's work provokes recognition, you remember how it feels to be in a sex education class ... This must be one of the best reads around in the area of sexuality and young people.' - Sex Education'The attention to detail and careful links made between theory, research and practice make this book an enjoyable read which I'd recommend to others.' - Gayle Letherby, Gender and Education'This book is a welcome addition to the debate on sexuality education'. - Educational Review'Not only is it good research but it is also a very interesting and readable book and one that anyone with any sort of interest in sex education would find valuable.' - Pat Sikes, Sexualities

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Fragments from a fading career: personal narratives and emotional investments; Chapter 2 Ways of conceptualising sexuality, gender and schooling; Chapter 3 Producing heterosexualities: the school as a site of discursive practices; Chapter 4 Agony aunts and absences: an analysis of a sex education class; Chapter 5 More Sugar? Teenage magazines, gender displays and sexual learning; Chapter 6 Understanding masculinities: young men, heterosexuality and embodiment; Chapter 7 Sexing the subject: teachers, pedagogies and sex education; Chapter 8 Sexuality, gender and schooling reconsidered: notes towards a conclusion;

Mary Jane Kehily is a lecturer in Childhood Studies at the Open University.

'She writes about schools, and sex education as if they are real ... Reading Mary's work provokes recognition, you remember how it feels to be in a sex education class ... This must be one of the best reads around in the area of sexuality and young people.' - Sex Education'The attention to detail and careful links made between theory, research and practice make this book an enjoyable read which I'd recommend to others.' - Gayle Letherby, Gender and Education'This book is a welcome addition to the debate on sexuality education'. - Educational Review'Not only is it good research but it is also a very interesting and readable book and one that anyone with any sort of interest in sex education would find valuable.' - Pat Sikes, Sexualities

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Fragments from a fading career: personal narratives and emotional investments; Chapter 2 Ways of conceptualising sexuality, gender and schooling; Chapter 3 Producing heterosexualities: the school as a site of discursive practices; Chapter 4 Agony aunts and absences: an analysis of a sex education class; Chapter 5 More Sugar? Teenage magazines, gender displays and sexual learning; Chapter 6 Understanding masculinities: young men, heterosexuality and embodiment; Chapter 7 Sexing the subject: teachers, pedagogies and sex education; Chapter 8 Sexuality, gender and schooling reconsidered: notes towards a conclusion;