Sex Education in USA

Question 1

polymorphous perverse

Answer 1

A psychoanalytic concept to
describe children’s propensity
to seek a wide diversity of
sensual gratifications from
objects, their own bodies and
their surroundings regardless
of social norms.

Question 2

What is wrong with the get some game

Answer 2

*bares no resemblance to the truth of sex
*bares no resemblance to what everyone in the
encounter wants
yet still heavily influencing young boys as they come into their sexuality

Question 3

Does USA have federal sex ed requirements?

Answer 3

No, varies by school districts

Question 4

How many states mandate some form of sex education

Answer 4

39 + DC

Question 5

abstinence only

Answer 5

*Condemns sexual contact outside
of heteronormative marriages
*Censures education about the
biology of reproduction,
contraception, safe sex,
masturbation, and how to
engage in healthy sexual
relationships.
*Stresses the dangers of sex
through the lens of morality

Question 6

traditional

Answer 6

*Restricts scope of knowledge
to the biology of puberty and
reproduction (Censures
discussions of relationships,
pleasure, the erotic and
sexual ethics.)
*Stresses the dangers of sex
through the lens of disease
and unwanted pregnancy

Question 7

traditional with abstinence stressed

Answer 7

*Stresses an abstinence approach above all others
*But allows the scope of knowledge to include the
biology of reproduction and the dangers of sex

Question 8

comprehensive sex ed

Answer 8

*Stresses abstinence during youth (rather
than until marriage)
*Allows the scope of education to
include:
*Biology of reproduction
*STIS
*Contraception
*Masturbation
*Healthy sexual decision-making
*The existence of sexually diverse
orientations (LGB)

Question 9

pleasure-based sex ed

Answer 9

*Stresses similar content as comprehensive sex ed, but also
consider it important to:
*Understand heteronormative reproductive sex as one type
of sex amongst many; does not center heteronormative
reproductive sex
*Discusses both the positive and negative aspects of sexual
activity
*Teaches communication skills
*Includes an education about a diversity of sexual practices
and experiences—not simply the existence of them

Question 10

Of the 39 states that require sex ed, ____ require that abstinence be taught as a positive approach to sex

Answer 10

100%

Question 11

Of the 39 states that require sex ed, ____ require that abstinence be stressed above all other types of approaches

Answer 11

75%

Question 12

Of the 39 states that require sex ed, ____ prohibit promotion of religious views on sex

Answer 12

10%

Question 13

All states require some form of _____ _______, like opt out or notification

Answer 13

parental involvement

Question 14

_____ of sexually-active teens have had no sex ed before having sex for the first time

Answer 14

80%