Graduation Year
2017
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Public Policy Analysis
Reader 1
David Menefee-Libey
Reader 2
Claudia Strauss
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Abstract
This thesis combines the disciplines of public policy analysis and anthropology to consider parental consent policies for sex education in California. After providing historical, political, and cultural context for sex education and the parental consent function, the thesis considers (1) the factors that inform parental perspectives on sex education, (2) if parents should be able to opt their children out of sex education, and (3) the discrepancy between the actual policies regarding parental consent and the way they are implemented. The thesis concludes with policy recommendations for improving the implementation of current California sex education policies.
Recommended Citation
Lehr, Jennifer, "Do Mother and Father Know Best?: California's Policies on Parental Consent for Sex Education" (2017). Scripps Senior Theses. 1054.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1054
