United Methodist General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH)
The General Commission on Archives and History (GCAH) gathers, preserves, and disseminates materials on the history of The United Methodist Church and its antecedents. It maintains archives and a library in which the historical records are kept.
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| Do You Want Your Children to be Taught Sex Education in Schools? |
Speaker(s): Margaret Mead, Del Shields (host) |
Description: Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was a cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s. Mead felt sex education should be in public schools to reach all children with real information. She said children now receive much of their knowledge from television, film, and books. She also says doctors have limited views on this subject, not understanding sex education in schools does not stimulate children, but gives them real information, as opposed to what they receive in the mass media. She says ethics is important in this education, but not morals, which are determined by different groups and religions. She also says much opposition to public sex education is political. Mead earned her bachelor's degree at Barnard College in New York City and her MA and PhD degrees from Columbia University. As an Anglican Christian, Mead played a considerable part in the drafting of the 1979 American Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. | Length: 59:18 | Recording Date: September 26, 1969 | Recorded at: WRVR Radio Studio, New York City |
