LOUISA ALLEN Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her academic interests include critical sexuality education studies, masculinities, femininities and schooling and innovative research methods. She has also published Sexual Subjects: Young People, Sexuality and Schooling.

• Introduction Doing 'it': Researching Sexuality 'They think you shouldn't be having sex anyway': Young People's Critique of Sexuality Education Content Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus? Re-thinking Gender Differences in Sexuality Education Content 'Pleasurable pedagogy': Young People's Thoughts about Including 'Pleasure' in Sexuality Education 'It's not who they are it's what they're like': Re-conceptualising the 'best educator' Debate Sexuality Education re-Imagined? Relinquishing the Disease and Pregnancy Prevention Focus An impossible practice? Implications for Future Sexuality Education Notes References Index