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Late 19th century early 20th, sex education was
influenced by Victorian rule
People were taught that sexually transmitted
diseases were the result of punishment for immoral
behavior.
Talks of what to teach children began as early as
1912
Soldiers and Sailors
the first birth control pill was developed in
1960
 In 1965 contraceptives were made legal for
married couples
 By 1988, over 90 percent of all U.S. schools
offered some sex education programming
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According to the National Campaign to
Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancies,
about half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are
unplanned each year.
That’s roughly 3 million unplanned
pregnancies a year
3 in 10 teenagers get pregnant at least once
by the age of 20
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“Teen childbearing in the United States cost
taxpayers (federal, state, and local) at least
$10.9 billion in 2008, according to The
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and
Unplanned Pregnancy”
Teen childbearing in New Jersey alone cost
taxpayers at least $245 million in 2008.
27% were federal costs and 73% were state
and local costs.
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66% of public school districts have a policy to
teach sex education
33% leave it up to the individual school or
teacher
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Abstinence is promoted in 86% of school
districts
Almost every teacher (90%) believes that
students should be taught about
contraception
a fourth of them are prohibited from it
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There are currently three federal programs
dedicated to funding restrictive abstinenceonly education, requiring programs to teach
that sexual activity outside of marriage is
wrong and harmful for people of any age,
prohibits them from discussing contraceptive
use except to emphasize their failure rates.
These programs had a total annual funding of
$102 million in 2002.*
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Research shows that students that were
taught abstinence are more likely to not use
contraceptives
this increases the number of unwanted
pregnancies and the spread of STDs
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Anatomy and how it works
Abstinence-It feels great but don’t do it!
Diseases and fear- Studies show that if you have
sex you will die.
Horrible videos- Worst case scenarios from the
80’s… they don’t even show dvds, they still use
vhs, totally relatable…
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Thorough teaching of
all contraceptives and
birth controls
Demonstrate how to
use them and where to
get them
Make condoms readily
available
Talk to kids like they
are adults about sex
Teach to the present
not the past
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Give kids the resources
and information they
need
Be realistic
You can lead a horse to
water but can’t make it
drink
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Despite the social, cultural, political, and
economic differences among countries, there
are similarities
◦ How the information is delivered and how countries
have addressed the obstacles of sex ed
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Content of sex education varies greatly
between countries
◦ Each country’s values on the topics are different
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The National Agency for Education provides
sex education to schools.
In 1955, Sweden became the first European
country to establish sex education in all
schools.
Sex ed begins to be taught around ages 6-8
Main focus is to present facts about anatomy,
sexual functions, HIV/AIDS, and even
contraceptives
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Sex education was first introduced in the mid
80s
◦ Catholic groups protested for long time about the
teaching of sex education
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In 1996, the Ministry of Public Education
introduced HIV/AIDS prevention in sex
education
In 2001, sexuality education was made
mandatory in schools at all levels
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Sources say sex education has to be
increased
Chinese schools tend to focus more on
academic subjects and skip sex education
When taught, sexes are taught separately
Contraceptives are very uncommon and not
taught about
◦ 13 million abortions were carried out in 2011
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