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Let me begin with a flat assertion: Television plays an important role in the sex education of today’s American youth. Although the broad implications of that claim are incontestable, the scientific evidence for specific effects is still somewhat limited. Therefore, to establish the validity of the broad claim, it is first necessary to look at television from a larger perspective before examining some of the more direct research evidence.
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Rubinstein, E.A. (1981). Television as a Sex Educator. In: Brown, L. (eds) Sex Education in the Eighties. Perspectives in Sexuality. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3270-1_8
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