The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
This paper draws upon the psychoanalytic concepts of enigma and aesthetic conflict to frame an inquiry into the emotional situation of sex education conversations between adults and youth. What would it mean to see the developmental conflicts of sexuality and desire as opening the possibility of sex education? How does the uncertainty of adult knowledge become a resource to the adolescent? Through...