Religious Groups Work to Translate Sex-Education Message – Program Designed for Black Teens Evolves to Incorporate Language and Culture of Latinos
Tagged: Mexico, Puerto Rican, studentPosted on: July 16th, 2007“When the Rev. Evelyn Perez describes the strong feelings sex generates to the Latino teens in her church sex-education classes, she uses the metaphors of their cultures.
Sex, she tells those whose families come from Mexico, “is like eating a jalapeño — it is hot” For her Puerto Rican students, she relates it to the weather in their families homeland: “You know how hot it gets.”"
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