Introduction Sex education is something that is part of one’s life through their entire life. People’s bodies grow and change every day, and learning about the processes that take place is essential to maintaining good health throughout one’s life. Sadly, many people all over the world today are misinformed when it comes to sex education because of the lack of resources, overly vague information, politics, or the fact that sex education isn’t something that is approached in an accurate manner or even talked about at all. As of now, sex education is not a national matter, but a local one. I personally think that this can be harmful for today’s children and society. I believe that sex education is definitely something that should be held with
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Sex education includes, but is not limited to, everything from puberty and development, relationships, intimacy, and reproduction. “From its earliest days, sexuality education was narrowly focused on the physical and moral aspects of sexuality. It concerned itself with reproductive anatomy and physiology, emphasized prevention of venereal diseases (VD, currently referred to as sexually transmitted infections (STIs)), and focused on hygiene” (Elia & Tokunaga 2015). Sex education itself started to become taught and talked about in the 1800’s when campaigns promoted the “regulation of sexuality”. In 1892, The National Education Association encouraged sex education to be talked about in the classroom. Seven years later in 1899, The Congress of Parents and Teachers promoted sex education to students who have yet to hit puberty. Not many years later in the early 1900’s, local school boards started to integrate sex education as part of their curriculum. Over the next few decades, sex education became a very popular ordeal. Sadly, this did not last long, for in the late 1900’s sex education became a political issue. Many were questioning whether or not the classroom was the most appropriate place to talk about sex education. Religion was also integrated into the picture. “What kind of sex education should be taught if taught at all?” became a popular question. There are obviously different types of sex education such as abstinence-only programs which many religions would concur with. Questions like these are very much active today, and sadly leave sex education as almost a taboo. Over the years, sex education has been held with a negative connotation, leaving our countries students overwhelmingly uniformed (Mirk 2005). Point blank, if our countries school systems had better sex education, it would
Sex education includes, but is not limited to, everything from puberty and development, relationships, intimacy, and reproduction. “From its earliest days, sexuality education was narrowly focused on the physical and moral aspects of sexuality. It concerned itself with reproductive anatomy and physiology, emphasized prevention of venereal diseases (VD, currently referred to as sexually transmitted infections (STIs)), and focused on hygiene” (Elia & Tokunaga 2015). Sex education itself started to become taught and talked about in the 1800’s when campaigns promoted the “regulation of sexuality”. In 1892, The National Education Association encouraged sex education to be talked about in the classroom. Seven years later in 1899, The Congress of Parents and Teachers promoted sex education to students who have yet to hit puberty. Not many years later in the early 1900’s, local school boards started to integrate sex education as part of their curriculum. Over the next few decades, sex education became a very popular ordeal. Sadly, this did not last long, for in the late 1900’s sex education became a political issue. Many were questioning whether or not the classroom was the most appropriate place to talk about sex education. Religion was also integrated into the picture. “What kind of sex education should be taught if taught at all?” became a popular question. There are obviously different types of sex education such as abstinence-only programs which many religions would concur with. Questions like these are very much active today, and sadly leave sex education as almost a taboo. Over the years, sex education has been held with a negative connotation, leaving our countries students overwhelmingly uniformed (Mirk 2005). Point blank, if our countries school systems had better sex education, it would