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Your honest opinion about sex ed

Should sex ed be taught in schools?

  • 1. Not at all, this is the domain of parents, and schools should butt out

    Votes: 5 7.7%

  • 2. Yes, but limited to older kids, not younger ones. Nothing below the age of......(you decide)

    Votes: 10 15.4%

  • 3. Yes, but limited to subjects like birth control, not on how to have safe sex

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • 4. All good but nothing "wokish" like gay sex, or sex identity

    Votes: 2 3.1%

  • 5. Comprehensive, kids need to know what to expect when they become teens or adults

    Votes: 46 70.8%

  • 6. No way, kids will figure it out on their own

    Votes: 2 3.1%

  • 7. Sure, as long as my church, pastor or priest says it's ok

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 8. Find out how Canadians teach sex ed and follow their example

    Votes: 6 9.2%

  • 9. Other opinions

    Votes: 10 15.4%
  • Total voters
    65

SNOWFLAKE

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At what grade level would you consider it appropriate?
Should the sex ed be inclusive or restricted to just the basics?
(excluding talk about sexual preferences, as an example)
Should it be allowed in school at all?

Vote above and have your say......
Yay or nay?

More than one choice available.
 
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My school district had a pilot program for sex ed. Guess who was in the pilot class!

It was grade 6. Our guidance councilor taught it and did a good job.

Grade 6 seems right.
 
It is about what's included but you cant really cover that adequately in your poll. It's not really.

I think many people believe that sex ed is "instructions" on how to have sex. Going in-depth into the actual act and positions, etc. They show basics and what's workable when pregnant. Not video. I'm not aware of that being the case anywhere in the US. It's not a how-to manual for sex.

It's about being safe from disease and avoiding pregnancy. It's about the biological and medical aspects of reproduction. It's to set expectations and overcome old wives' tales like "you can get pregnant from a toilet seat" or "you cant get pregnant the first time," etc. To set expectations of what pregnancy is like and what happens to the woman's body and how the unborn develops.

They also set realities which are NOT all that pleasant and dont 'promote' sex...like the facts about STDs and pregnancy and the costs, financially and to their futures. It's about avoiding mistakes...not how to "enjoy" intercourse.
 
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Lursa said:
It is about what's included but you cant really cover that adequately in your poll. It's not really.
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THAT is where you fill in the blanks.
 
Ours was in eighth grade. I would say that’s about right.
 

Age-appropriate sex ed doesn't even have to involve sex. It can involve topics such as good-touch bad-touch, negotiation, and consent. Why anyone would not want young people to learn about consent is beyond me.
 
Phys251 said:
Age-appropriate sex ed doesn't even have to involve sex. It can involve topics such as good-touch bad-touch, negotiation, and consent. Why anyone would not want young people to learn about consent is beyond me.
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One of the reasons why polls are kind of restricted, one would need to expand on why they made this choice or that choice. ;
 
Copy Sweden. Pioneers in comprehensive sex education. Has near universal public support.

Sexual Education in Sweden - The Newbie Guide to Sweden

Why having sexual education in schools is beneficial for the students. Sexual Education has been compulsory in schools in Sweden since 1955.
www.thenewbieguide.se
 
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Sweden said:
Copy Sweden. Pioneers in comprehensive sex education. Has near universal public support.
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When do they start teaching it in schools?
 
Sex education is appropriate whenever Experts in the field of child development/ education say so, and its those same experts who should be designing age appropriate lesson plans. It may be as simple in grade school as talking about the differences between boys and girls ( or even dogs or cows if that is what works) and learning the right words for the right parts if that is what child development experts think they can absorb.

Its not about the subject of sexuality that matters, its about the depth and the tone of the lessons. They can advance as the kids age.
 
SNOWFLAKE said:
One of the reasons why polls are kind of restricted, one would need to expand on why they made this choice or that choice. ;
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Sweden said:
Copy Sweden. Pioneers in comprehensive sex education. Has near universal public support.
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Unfortunately we have too many Karens who think that their daughters are going to bang every guy they meet after learning basic biology.
 
Grade 6 or 7 seems about right to me. Starting with the the basic physicalogical stuff in terms of organs and differences with an understanding the purpose of the differences. Then how babies are made. Then moving on to sex and sexuality, responsibly for personal sexual health and consequences of irresponsible behavior.....

Sex is a big damn deal in our human lives and a healthy, informed attitude is very, very important
 
In my generation it was appropriate around the 9th or 10th grade, included in Health Class. Not a specific sex education class. However largely it's the responsibility of the parents, and yes, the kids will mostly figure it out on their own.
 
SNOWFLAKE said:
Vote above and have your say......
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I would prefer we (the UK) follow the example of the Netherlands and other nations in Europe where teenage pregnancy are lower than ours.

I'd also like sex education to enlighten young females about their rights and expectations and for young males that violent pornography isn't actually the norm.


I think in these days of Andrew Tate and all-too pervasive misogyny and non-consensual violence by young men with their partners, examples of what healthy sex and women's rights wouldn't go amiss.
 
Infinite Chaos said:
I think in these days of Andrew Tate and all-too pervasive misogyny and non-consensual violence by young men with their partners, examples of what healthy sex and women's rights wouldn't go amiss.
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"Consent" and resisting pressure (dont do anything you arent comfortable with) etc and women's rights should be a topic in many classes Certainly appropriate here. IMO girls need to be taught more to stand up for themselves, that they dont need to give in to pressure to get a boy to like them, they dont need a man to be "accepted in society." But to stand up for yourself is not unfeminine and girls need to learn this IMO.
 
Allan said:
When do they start teaching it in schools?
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I cant find out exactly. Certainly early - maybe around second or third grade.
 
Skolverket here lays great emphasis on consent in their web site.
 
I picked 5 and 9.

Sex education should start as early as preschool.

You start with molestation. You then move toward preparation for puberty. In middle school and high school, you discuss homosexuality, transgenderism, gender identity, and sexual intercourse. An informed population is a good population. I would also allow parents with sincere religious convictions to allow their children to opt-out.
 
But not enough choices given. Personally I am offended by you lack of inclusion especially for fetishes such as a love for barbie dolls and my extensive video collection of their commercials.
 
BrotherFease said:
You start with molestation
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While I agree children as young as preschool should be taught about molestation I do not agree that is about sex and sexuality. It's about perversion and dominance
 
We have more than enough evidence to support that knowledge and understanding makes statistical difference.

Dealing with unwanted pregnancy, STDs, understanding consent, you name it.

Being "comprehensive" is the only logical conclusion.
 
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