ABSTRACT
Critical pedagogy, critical feminist theory (CFT), and queer theory work together to ensure that power structures are dismantled, student lived experiences are honored, and all feel safe in their school space. CFT is a method of examining power structures and oppressive societal constraints. “Feminist post-structuralists recognize that gender is a social, political, and historical construction by placing it as the central position in their deconstructive and reconcenptualist work”. Using CFT, “two distinct concerns are at play in sex education: how to instruct youths about the place of sexuality in their current lives and how to prepare them for the place of sexuality and reproduction in their adult lives”. Critical pedagogy asserts that inequalities related to asymmetrical power relations are central to an analysis of education policies, practices, and curriculum. Critical pedagogy is fundamentally committed to the establishment of a classroom that supports the empowerment of the culturally marginalized.
