Oskuld: Swedish upper secondary student conversations on virginity

The purpose of this study was to explore Swedish natural science sexuality education as a material-discursive practice. More specifically, we sought investigate ways in which the phenomenon oskuld, means sexual innocence or be without guilt, comes into being among 17–18-year-old students. study, conducted two upper secondary school classes for eight and six weeks respectively, involved total 53 participating Field notes audio-recordings were used data construction. With grounding Baradian theory how space, time matter – spacetimematter intra-actively enact notions virginity within students’ conversations. Findings show that physiological knowledge base well opportunity students encounter their own are crucial overcoming reproduction norms related virginity.