Dirty words the rhetoric of public sex education 1870 1924 details the approaches and outcomes of sex education initiatives in the progressive era in analyzing the rhetorical strategies of sex education advocates robin e jensen engages with rich sources such as lectures books movies and posters that were often shaped by female health . Dirty words the rhetoric of public sex education 1870 1924 details the approaches and outcomes of sex education initiatives in the progressive era in analyzing the rhetorical strategies of sex education advocates robin e jensen engages with rich sources such as lectures books movies and posters that were often shaped by female health . In chapter 1 dirty words provides a compelling overview of the social cultural context that arguably made necessary the ambiguousness of the rhetoric surrounding public sex education. Dirty words the rhetoric of public sex education 1870 1924 details the approaches and outcomes of sex education initiatives in the progressive era in analyzing the rhetorical strategies of sex education advocates robin e jensen engages with rich sources such as lectures books movies and posters that were often shaped by female health advocates and instructors. Dirty words the rhetoric of public sex education 1870 1924 details the approaches and outcomes of sex education initiatives in the progressive era in analyzing the rhetorical strategies of sex education advocates robin e jensen engages with rich sources such as lectures books movies and posters that were often shaped by female health