Sex Education In the world

[Robert0288]

Up in Canada we started the beginings of sexual education in gr1. And I went to a catholic school. Sure they didn't really get into the biological functions and pictures untill gr3. But alot of that teaching was done in a semi-religious context.

By semi-religious I mean that this is done because a man and a women are married to one another and they are doing this for the reason of having a child. Though there was none of this "you are going to burn in hell if you don't...." stuff going on.

By the time we hit around gr7 (as with op) they started teaching about STDs etc...

I think the main cause of the higher than average STD levels in urban areas is going to be more the demographic of the population or the social class although proper education is helping, and I would hate to see what would happen if doctors and schools would still be forbidden to talk about contraceptives and profilactics. The term, "you ain't seen nothin' yet" comes to mind.

 

[Cyclomega]

They didn't say a thing about tampons.
Sorry, but I hate pads, and think that people have the right to choose...

The fact you said "right to choose" juste made me laugh.

Let's get pro-choice about period-related paraphernalia !

 

[Beowulf DW]

Even though I attended Catholic school, they didn't take the abstinence only approach. The sex education just stuck to the facts, i.e. the consequences of unprotected sex, the use of contraceptives, abstinence as the only sure-fire way to keep anything from happening. Although marriage was emphasized as sacred, it was also portrayed as a safety net for starting a family.

 

[Good morning blues]

I grew up in Vancouver, on the West coast of Canada. We got the puberty stuff in grades 4-7, which had the biology of babymaking worked into it. I think there might have been some stuff about STDs. In grade 8 we got the warnings. I don't think we talked about contraception in any great detail, but I remember that the teacher looked surprised when somebody suggested abstinence as a way to avoid pregnancy; I guess they just weren't dumb enough to think that any of us were going to take that route if we had a choice. Instead, they warned us of dire consequences and encouraged us to know preventative measures in detail. In grade 9 we got taught about human reproduction in science. And I think that was about it. Must have worked; there was only one pregnancy in my high school for the whole five years I was there.

 

[axia777]

Until you have a teen pregnancy rate that is not one of the worst in the world then you have to right to complain about other people's portrayal of your sex education system.

Oh and did you realize how bigoted it made you sound when you blamed Foreigners in your 2nd line.

Seriously, he is soooooo right. Screw the sex education system in America, it is a complete joke. Abstinence only, as if that ever works. Give me a fucking break.

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

I remember in Middle School P.E. we had to label diagrams of male/female sexual organs and watch a bunch of hilariously awkward films. Then, in High School, we got the whole abstinance/safe sex seminar.

Feh, all unnecessary in my opinion. I had learned everything I needed to know about sex by age 12 from the Internet.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I had learned everything I needed to know about sex by age 12 from the Internet.

...
That explains so much...

 

[MindBullets]

However they teach it, it will have no effect if no-one listens.

I have a suspicion that this is the real problem.

 

[NeedAUserName]

Sex Education is becoming a joke, don't get me wrong its an important subject and needs to be taught well, but in England and Wales they are going to start teaching it to 6 year olds to prevent teenage pregnancies. And I don't quite see how that works, at 6 they don't care about sex, they think the opposite gender is "ickie" and has "cooties".

 

[Kabutos]

In my school they didn't separate the two genders when teaching us and showing the video, so we were all there looking at the opposite gender's sexual organs at the same time. Does every school do this?

 

[Pseudonym2]

We had to watch hilarious sponsored videos that advertised certain brands of condoms and tampons. I can't believe they showed us infomercials in school.

 

[Rankao]

Until you have a teen pregnancy rate that is not one of theworst in the world then you have to right to complain about other people's portrayal of your sex education system.

Oh and did you realize(fixed how bigoted it made you sound when you blamed Foreigners in your 2nd line.

Well a lot of the cultures it is pretty much expected for women to have children at the age of 14 (I won't point fingers.) We have a lot of people from outside of our great country who come to make our country better (at least that's what I try to tell myself) When it it acceptable to get have children at 14 for girls then that would obviously skew the results.

On a personal note my parents didn't teach me about sex education and I never had any awkward talks. I just ended up learning it from Al Gore's Interweb and friends, but I expect my parents know I'm smart enough to 'wear glove' otherwise they would likely be worried.

 

[Zeke109]

It's high school...we've only watched one sex ed movie in our lives. It was a porno. Naw--just kidding. But seriously, we've only had one hour of one day devoted to sex education. It might as well have been a porno...it just said redundantly that the penis becomes erect when one is sexually stimulated. Any toddler knows that.

 

[BallPtPenTheif]

What they should do is break down the statistics of all contraceptive methods and have all the students Dungeons and Dragons that shit with some dice. No graphic narrative description of sex acts or anything perverse like that...

Just, Tommy chooses unprotected sex with pull out method... 60% chance and rolls the 100 sided dice... oh... 62, Susie is pregnant. Now lets roll for deformities.

For this reason I was an advocate of the Condom + Pull Out method... it's 85% roll with a 60% backup safety roll.. gotta hedge that shit.

 

[Rippie]

i know the title says sex education in USA but hey i felt like posting the way its around in Holland.
My fhirst sex education was around the age of 12 at biology lessons its just one of the chapters of the book. and uhm i guesse i learned about Sexual transmitted disease stuff from TV commercials and biology lessons. it scared the shit out of me to see a picture of someone with herpes xD i guesse shocking is a good way to teach. and the rest was learned due conversations about sex and wikipedia.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

That is pretty much how it works in Georgia too......."Abstinence is good and stuff, oh and if you have sex your penis falls off!"......Well it isn't really what they said, but I could tell that is what they meant........

 

[CIA]

Where did you go to school? We just got embarrassed looks in gym class from the teachers when it was time to teach sex ed. Seriously it was like "read this chapter and don't ask me any questions". This is Virginia by the way.

 

[Sirisaxman]

I think the show you are thinking of is Survivor.

Nope, the other one, where six couples are separated on two islands filled with whores and gigolos and they come here to "test their love" and all miserably fail in less than 24 hours, try to make up, but keep on failing because they are all idiots who think with their genitals...
In French it's called L'île de la tentation (which would be Temptation Island), but I don't know the English name...

Actually, I think it IS called Temptation Island in the U.S. That name sounds very familiar.

 

[742]

california... health class... so terribly boring and insulting that i didnt even stay for the first week (i was not a terribly good high school student)

 

[ace_of_something]

Seriously, he is soooooo right. Screw the sex education system in America, it is a complete joke. Abstinence only, as if that ever works. Give me a fucking break.

If you read this thread almost every American says how they DON'T do abstinence ONLY and that they do it as an option...

NOTE: I cannot believe how many people did not pick up on being facetious with the foreigner thing? guess the internet loses a lot of tone or something.