Bad Sex vs. No Sex: The Rhetoric of Heteronormative Temporality in Utah’s Abstinence-Based Education

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Contents

Introduction

History of Abstinence Education in the United States and Utah’s Sex Education

Methods of Queer Linguistics and CDA: The Construction of Heteronormative Temporality

The Introductory PowerPoint: Heteronormative Parameters of Utah’s Sex Education Material

Junior High (JH) and High School (HS) Resource Guides: Heteronormativity vs. “Bad Sex”

Binaries: Fractal Recursivity and Erasure

Future vs. Sex

Conclusion

Works Cited

About the Author

About the Author

Nina Feng is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric Studies at the University of Utah. Her research interests center on anti-racist language practices, intersectional approaches to pedagogy, queer methodologies and game studies. She hopes to continue exploring the material and embodied ways we share and live our stories.