Sex education

Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex and birth control, sexual health, reproductive health, emotional relations and responsibilities, age of consent’s, and reproductive rights. Sex education which includes all of these issues is known as comprehensive sex education, and is often opposed to abstinence-only sex education, which only focuses on sexual abstinence

Sex education aims to teach people how to navigate matters concerning sex, sexuality, and sexual health. It is also offered through various avenues, including in schools, community-based venues, and even clinics

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 genders to which someone is sexually attracted (such as homosexual or bisexual).

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. 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.

IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION

11. Sex education enhances young people’s understanding and improves their attitudes about sexual and reproductive health and behavior.

2. Sexuality education, whether in or out of the classroom, does not increase the incidence of sexual activity, sexual risk-taking behavior, or STI/HIV infection rates among young people.

3. When school-based programs are supplemented with the engagement of parents and teachers, training institutes, and youth-friendly services, sexuality education has the greatest impact.

4. Some teenagers lack the necessary communication and assertiveness skills to negotiate safer sex situations, some adolescents find it difficult to resist unwanted sex or feel forced to exchange sex for money, a Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) would help them understand consent, acceptance, tolerance etc., and also help them understand rape and its consequences.

5. If more girls are educated about their sexuality, they will be more informed about contraception, which will help minimize the number of unwanted births.

Today sex education part of many school curricula worldwide.it is meant not only for those that are still attending school,but also those who have already moved on fromformal education.sex education aims to break the silence surrounding sex and sexually transmitted diseases(STDs)

The goal for sex education is to educate people about sex and sexually transmitted diseases(STDs).And how individuals can protect their sexual health, it aims to prevent teenagers from experimenting sex without protection and it also teaches them about safe sex.

TYPE OF SEX EDUCATION

1.Abstinence-only sex education

2.Comprehensive sex education

3.Dual-protection sex education

4.Contraception sex education

5.Refusal skill sex education

The purpose of comprehensive relationships and sexuality education is to give children/tamariki and young people information, skills and values to have safe, fulfilling and enjoyable relationships and to take responsibility for their sexual and reproductive health and well-being.

It aims to contribute to behaviour change, including reducing unprotected and unwanted sex, and reducing harmful behaviour, including sexual offences such as assault and abuse.

Sex education gives young people the knowledge and skills they need for a lifetime of good sexual health. They learn how to have healthy relationships, make informed decisions about sex, think critically about the world, be a good ally to those who are marginalized, and love themselves for who they are.