Jennifer Given-Helms

Sex Ed & Fear

Maybe you remember that graphic video shown in your health class, the one that seemed meant to scare you away from all things that might lead to baby making? U.S. current practices in health/sex education classes are often fear based. And as a 15 year-old client of mine said recently, “That just doesn’t work!”

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What the WHO has to say about Sex Ed

“Sexuality may thus be understood as a core dimension of being human which includes: the understanding of, and relationship to, the human body; emotional attachment and love; sex; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; sexual intimacy; pleasure and reproduction. Sexuality is complex and includes biological, social, psychological, spiritual, religious, political, legal, historic, ethical and cultural dimensions that evolve over a lifespan.”

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