Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle is the first truly international history of sex education. As Jonathan Zimmerman shows, the controversial subject began in the West and spread steadily around the world over the past century. As people crossed borders, however, they joined hands to block sex education from most of their classrooms. Examining key players who supported andopposed the sex education movement, Zimmerman takes a close look at one of the most debated and divisive hallmarks of modern schooling.