Sexual Health Education

Question 1

Sexual Health Education

Answer 1

• a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in
  relation to sexuality
• not the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity.
• Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to
  sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of
  having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of
  coercion, discrimination and violence.
• For sexual health to be
  attained and maintained, the sexual rights of all persons must be respected, protected and fulfilled.”

Question 2

Sexual health Education

Answer 2

• equipping people (individuals, couples, families, communities) with information, motivation and behavioural skills needed to enhance sexual health and avoid negative sexual health outcomes

Question 3

Age of consent in Canada

Answer 3

16 years old

Question 4

Close in age exceptions for age of consent

Answer 4

• 14 or 15 year old can consent as long as parter is less than 5 years older
• 12 or 13 year olds can only consent if partner is less than 2 years older

Question 5

Are STI rates in canada getting higher or lower?

Answer 5

Higher

Question 6

Do Canadians think sex ed should be taught in schools?

Answer 6

90%+ of students agreed sexual health should be taught in schools
87%+ of parents agreed sexual health should be taught in schools

Question 7

Types of sex education approaches

Answer 7

• abstinence
• risks of sex (ie.sti, pregnancy)
• comprehensive approach: abstinence, Risks of sex, Sexual pleasure, Consent; being free from coercion , etc

Question 7

Sex Ed Textbooks

Answer 7

• 1st book created in 1998 Outlines the expectations of what kids should be taught
• 2nd book created in 2010
  This was not put into place - sat on shelf bc there was a lot of political opposition
• 3rd book created in 2015

Question 8

What did the ford government do to sex ed in 2018?

Answer 8

• reverted back to the 2010 and 1998 curriculum
• Parents are not in favour of elementary sex-education, so ford repealed it

Question 9

What topics did the 2018 sex ed remove?

Answer 9

• Anatomical terms for genitalia
• Consent
• Same-sex families (pre-dates legal same sex marriage)
• Sex and the internet
• Smartphones, cyber bullying, and sexting (pre-dates all)

Question 10

What is the Snitch Line

Answer 10

• Snitch line - if you are a teacher, and you did not use the correct terms or taught content from the 2015 version of the sex-ed book can call the provincial government through the snitch line, which can have consequences on their career

Question 11

Research about abstinence approach to sex ed

Answer 11

• abstinence education does not cause abstinence behaviour
• those who receive this type of education have higher rates of pregnancy

Question 12

Goals in the ‘guidelines for sexual health education’ from Canada public health

Answer 12

1. help people achieve positive outcomes (self esteem, respect for others, exploitive sexual relationships, informed reproductive choices)
2. to avoid negative outcomes (ex; sti, sexual coercion, unintended pregnancy)

Question 13

Who is responsible for sex education?

Answer 13

Sex education is primarily the responsibility of the education sector (ex; Ontario’s Ministry of Education)