Sex Ed

Question 1

Sexual Education

Answer 1

Most people agree that sex ed should be taught

• in canada: more then 90%
• even in the usa only 1-5% make their children drop out of sex education
• Disagree on when(what age) or what

Question 2

**Attitudes Toward Sexual Health Education in Schools : **Weaver, Byers et al (2001)

Answer 2

• SHE should be provided in schools, but disagreement about when…

Parents: 94% Teachers: 93% Students: 93% agreed that children should have it

but disagrement on when
* At what grade should SHE begin (parents)?
* Grades K-3 33%
Grades 4-5 32%
* Grades 6-8 32%
Grades 9-12 3%

disigrament on what should be thaught
* abstencebased
* Comprensive based

Question 3

Abstinence-Only Sex Ed

Answer 3

• should teach not to have sex
• little information,
• use fear tatics
• more religious,righ-winged,USA)
• teaching sex ed should be left to the parents, not school

HOWEVER, religious/conservative parents less likely to discuss sex

• less comfortable, less knowledge, shame/guilt,

Question 4

canada dosnt fund these classes but they do still exists in canada

Question 5

Virginity Pledges

Answer 5

+ on average, later first vaginal intercourse, especially if peers also took pledge

– as likely (and in some studies, more likely) to have oral and anal sex

– less likely to use a condom

– equally as likely to have STIs

– ‘virgins’ who took the pledge were much more likely to have had anal sex than those ‘virgins’ who did not take the pledge

people still do some sexual activity

Question 6

Effectiveness of Comprehensive Sex Ed in
Canada

Answer 6

• teen pregnancy rates have dropped 36% between 1996 and 2006
• In 2012, 11.9 per 1000 women, in 2016 , 84. per 1000 women
• 28 pregnancies per 1,000 in 2010, 44 in 1996

versus US (57), the UK (47), Sweden (29), Switzerland (8)

• USA teen pregnancy rates double those for Canada
• increased use of contraceptives
• decreasing teenage abortions rates

Question 6

Broader social context…

Question 7

Effectiveness of Comprehensive Sex Ed in
Canada

Answer 7

success attributed to more relaxed attitudes towards sex in general:

better communication with parents

improved sexual confidence

better empowerment to seek services related to sexuality

Question 8

Betterment Comprehensive Sex Ed should include:

Answer 8

• while reducing risky behaviour, should also focus on positive aspects and other important issues:
• sexual self-esteem
• confidence and empowerment
• openness
• acceptance
• intimacy and love
• relationships
• pornography and media literacy
• diverse to other sexuality(gay,lesbian)

Question 9

SOGI

Answer 9

program that teaches