Abstract
A Jesuit college or university should help its students, especially young women, to recognize and resist internalized cultural messages about sexuality. In order to propose a beginning to such a large task, this essay will explore three important facets of the issue of sexuality and American youth. First, greater clarity around sexual messages prevalent in the culture will be sought. The work of Carol Gilligan (1970) and her seminal book In a Different Voice will provide additional clarity specifically regarding how girls and young women in our culture may be affected by these sexual messages. Finally, a cursory retrieval of Augustine will be suggested as one way to begin bringing students at Jesuit colleges and universities into dialogue with the Catholic theological tradition and an alternative set of ethical norms.
Recommended Citation
Sutherland, Philip
(2008)
"Sex and the Role of Jesuit Colleges and Universities,"
MAGIS: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/magis/vol2/iss1/3