A postmodern feminist approach to teaching human sexuality

Postmodern feminist theory provides a valuable perspective for designing an d teaching human sexuality courses. The utility of this approach is explain ed and strategies for helping students understand a constructivist framewor k presented. The theory is put into action, and the following course goats are addressed: (a) shift form a problem-oriented to a strengths approach. ( b) provide information and skills that are relevant and useful, (c) expand student' thinking about diversity: and (d) help students maximize their own sexual health and minimize exploitation of themselves and others. The arti cle concludes with a discussion of pedagogical and ethical challenges of te aching from a postmortem feminist perspective.