SEX EDUCATION

Prepared by : SRISTIKA SHARMA

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 Concept of sex/sexual education

Sex Education or sexual education is all about educating people about sex, its related problems, and how to get over them.

The goal is to promote safe and hygienic sex.

The problems include unwanted pregnancies, teenage pregnancies, and sexually transmitted diseases ie. HIV, HPV, etc.

The topic was and is widely supported in western countries that resulted in a lot of good things.

According to the provided American data, there were 57 teenage pregnancies per 1000 girls of age 15-19 in 2010. In compared to the
conditions in 2008, there was a drop of 15 percent in teenage pregnancies from 2008-2010.

With campaigns and social support, the rate had a huge drop of 39% in 2017, and right now effectively dropping.

The “how” of these results was nothing but promoting sexual education among teenagers and their parents.

Studies found out the major reason for controlling this social evil of teenage pregnancies and the outbreak of STDs was the right usage of
contraceptives.

This was the onset of sexual education with the goal of achieving healthy and safe sexual life without any STDs and unwanted births.

 Sex education
• UNESCO defines Comprehensive Sexuality education as “a curriculum with a process to teach and learn about the
cognitive,emotional, physical,and social aspects of sexuality.”

• Sex education is the provision of knowledge about body development, sex, sexuality, and relationships, as well as
skill development, to assist young people in communicating about sex and making educated decisions about their
sexual health (Bridges, 2014).

• Sex education should take place across a student’s grade levels, with material tailored to the student’s developmental
stage and cultural context. It should include puberty and reproduction, abstinence, contraception and condoms,
relationships, sexual assault prevention, body image, gender identity, and sexual orientation, among other topics
(Bridges, 2014).It is about developing young people’s skills so that they can make informed choices about their
behaviour,and feel confident and competent about acting on these choice. It is widely accepted that young people
have the right to sex education.

• SEX refers to the biological characteristics that lead to them being assigned either 'male' or 'female'.
• SEXUALITY refers to a person's capacity for sexual feelings. Note that this is different from sexual orientation,
which references the gender(s) to which someone is sexually attracted (such as homosexual or bisexual).

 Types of sex education:

1. Abstinence only sex education

2. Abstinence Plus Sex Education
3. Comprehensive Sex Education
Three areas of providing sexual education in india
• Adolescents in school

• Family planning in adults

• Education of preventive measures HIV/AIDS

 Need and importance of sex education

• Teenagers need to know safer options

• Teenagers have better understanding values and autonomy over their bodies

• Exemption from the feeling of being broken or being distressed

• Sex education instills in young mind to be more respectful towards each other

• Raises awareness on Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Awareness of various myths

• Abuse of children

 Conclusion

Sexual education is still one of the major concerns in some nations across the world. Some are willing to accept the
change and some aren’t. We need to accept the fact that sexual education is a must to achieve a healthy lifestyle
without any diseases, it doesn’t matter if it’s India or USA, sex education should be compulsory in schools and
universities to educate youth about healthy and hygienic well-being. Sexual education is not promoting to have sex, it is
to educate people about healthy and safe sex.

Reference:
https://byjus.com/question-answer/is-sex-education-necessary-in-schools-why/#

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/why-comprehensive-sexuality-education-important