Netflix's Sex Education both represents sex education and educates viewers about sex. From the opening scene of the first episode, viewers are positioned to see this series as one that is not afraid ...to represent explicitly the details of a range of sexual experiences. The series' frank depiction of sexual relationships between characters, and its exploration of characters' hopes, fears, and choices regarding ways to express their sexual desire is, arguably, ground-breaking. This paper focuses upon the ways in which the series represents young people as producers and consumers of pornographic/erotic narratives, harnessing the communication options within their social settings to develop understandings of, and share, information that is often structured as 'inappropriate' for under-18 year-olds. Sex Education sits at the intersection of information (seeking), communication, and society, as young people explore issues of crucial interest and importance to them, which have been all but ignored in most of their school curriculum offerings. Challenging a dominant social perception of sexually-explicit materials as harmful to young people, and suggesting instead that such materials may be beneficial, the series demonstrates how young people may come together to learn about themselves and each other, even as they confront the double standards of a hypersexualised society that offers no legitimate speaking position to under-18s. In this environment, with adults absent from authentic discussion, young people co-construct their future adult selves through producing, consuming, and discussing sexual content (and activities) in conversation with other young people.
La educación diferenciada ha sido y sigue siendo un tema polémico y de fuerte carga ideológica que supone confrontación. En este artículo se analiza la regulación de la educación diferenciada en las ...diferentes leyes educativas, así como la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Constitucional al respecto haciendo especial hincapié y reflexionando sobre las sentencias resolutorias de los recursos de inconstitucionalidad interpuestos contra los preceptos reguladores de la educación diferenciada en la LOMCE y la LOMLOE. Como se verá el planteamiento último en torno a la educación diferenciada gira en torno a una cuestión que es la siguiente ¿puede el legislador prohibir la financiación, el acceso al régimen de conciertos a un centro educativo cuyo titular opta como modelo pedagógico por el de educación diferenciada si este modelo es constitucional? Junto a esta cuestión se plantean otros interrogantes ¿es legitima la decisión de prohibir la financiación pública a un modelo educativo simplemente porque el legislador considere que otro, el de coeducación, cumple mejor los valores del artículo 1.1 CE?; ¿resulta esta decisión contraria al principio de igualdad?; ¿se vulnera la libertad de enseñanza? Como veremos la cuestión no es pacífica habiendo división incluso entre los propios magistrados del TC, habiéndose dictado, por el mismo Tribunal y en tan solo 5 años, una jurisprudencia que resulta contradictoria frente a la cual además se han formulado diversos votos particulares, lo cual pone de manifiesto el carácter controvertido de la materia.
This study aims to comprehensively explain the sexual education of parents to their adolescent children in Pattingalloang Village, Ujung Tanah District, Makassar City. This type of research is a ...descriptive type with a qualitative approach and in determining the informants in the study using purposive sampling technique and then data collection is carried out first through observation then interviews and documentation after the data is collected and then data analysis is carried out including the process of data reduction, data presentation and withdrawal conclusion. The results of this study indicate that the form of parental sexual education, namely, human reproductive health, namely educating the leanliness of the core organs of adolescents and providing types of food that contain nutrients, while in human relations, limiting social interactions, then on the cultural values of the religious community, parents insert religious spiritual values. when educating their teens about sexuality issues.
This glimpse into sex education in the Los Angeles region illustrates the eugenic ideas about racially “fit” reproduction that emerged in family life curricula during the Second World War. Ideas ...about eugenic reproduction in public schools responded to broader cultural fears about increasing divorce rates, criminality, immigration, and birthright citizenship. Eugenics in sex and family life education, importantly, portrayed a woman’s choice of mate as a civic responsibility, a move that paved the way for future conflicts about teaching gender and sexuality in public school sex education. Amid a half-century-long conflict over abstinence-only versus comprehensive sex education in public schools, topics like genetics and heredity have come to be widely accepted by both sides—recognized as a presumably value-neutral staple of sex education in US public schools. Yet recent innovations in genetic and reproductive technologies, as well as the conflict over trans and queer youth in the United States, challenge the assumption that teaching genetics and heredity in public schools really is “value neutral.”
This study aims to determine how the perceptions of the guardians of students regarding sex education in children. The method used in this research is a survey using a data collection instrument in ...the form of a questionnaire. The data obtained were then analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics. Respondents in this study were the guardians of twenty-three students of TPQ Baitul Amal Padang City using the purposive sampling technique. The sample is determined based on certain criteria, namely parents or guardians of students with active status at TPQ Baitul Amal. The results showed that there were twelve perceptions of TPQ Baitul Amal's guardians on sex education for children, namely 1) the importance of sex education for children 70%, 2) providing basic sex education for children 30%, 3) sex education limited to husband-wife relationships 70 %, 4) sex education is only for adults 20%, 5) guardians of students feel confused about providing sex education to children 80%, 6) guardians of students feel ashamed to deliver sex education to children 30%, 7) children will know by themselves 50 %, 8) the time is not right to provide sex education to children 30%, 9) sex education is the responsibility of teachers in schools 30%, 10) the lack of information received by guardians of students 100%, 11) children are given the freedom to seek educational information sex on the internet 30%, 12) lack of knowledge about sex education is one of the causes of sexual crimes 30%.
IMPORTANCE: The existing literature on sexting among youth shows that sexting is a predictor of sexual behavior and may be associated with other health outcomes and risky behaviors. However, there ...remains a lack of consensus on the prevalence of sexting, which is needed to inform future research, intervention, and policy development. OBJECTIVE: To provide a meta-analytic synthesis of studies examining the prevalence of multiple forms of sexting behavior, analyzed by age, sex, geography, and method of sexting. DATA SOURCES: In an academic setting, electronic searches in MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, and Web of Science were conducted for the period January 1990 to June 2016, yielding 1147 nonduplicate records. STUDY SELECTION: Studies were included if participants were younger than 18 years and the prevalence of sexting explicit images, videos, or messages was reported. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Literature review and data extraction followed established PRISMA guidelines. Two independent reviewers extracted all relevant data. Random-effects meta-analyses were used to derive the mean prevalence rates. Thirty-nine studies met final inclusion criteria. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Meta-analyses of the prevalence of sending, receiving, and forwarding without consent, as well as having one’s sext forwarded without consent. RESULTS: Among 39 included studies, there were 110 380 participants; the mean age was 15.16 years (age range, 11.9-17.0 years), and on average 47.2% were male. Studies were available for sending (n = 34), receiving (n = 20), forwarding without consent (n = 5), and having a sext forwarded without consent (n = 4). The mean prevalences for sending and receiving sexts were 14.8% (95% CI, 12.8%-16.8%) and 27.4% (95% CI, 23.1%-31.7%), respectively. Moderator analyses revealed that effect sizes varied as a function of child age (prevalence increased with age), year of data collection (prevalence increased over time), and sexting method (higher prevalence on mobile devices compared with computers). The prevalence of forwarding a sext without consent was 12.0% (95% CI, 8.4%-15.6%), and the prevalence of having a sext forwarded without consent was 8.4% (95% CI, 4.7%-12.0%). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The prevalence of sexting has increased in recent years and increases as youth age. Further research focusing on nonconsensual sexting is necessary to appropriately target and inform intervention, education, and policy efforts.
•Practical booklets and boosters improve parental sex education self-efficacy.•A booster session with multiple strategies meets the needs of immigrant parents.•Health care professionals should be ...concerned about the sex education of immigrant parents.
The aim was to assess the effects of a parental sex education program on knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and practices among immigrant parents.
A cluster randomized trial was conducted at immigrant activity centers in northern Taiwan. Recruited participants were randomly assigned to an experimental (four centers, n = 86) or control (four centers, n = 67) group. A practical booklet and a booster session were delivered. In total, 132 participants’ knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and practice of parenting sexual education were examined at the baseline and 6 weeks after the intervention.
After controlling for possible confounders, the posttest scores of self-efficacy of the experimental group were higher than those of the control group. The Johnson-Neyman procedure indicated that the intervention was effective for participants who had pretest knowledge, attitude, and practice scores of <14.62, <110.27, and <41.5, respectively.
An intervention with both practical booklet and booster session can improve knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and practices of parental sex education among immigrant parents.
In addition to practical booklets, health care professionals should provide booster sessions that meet the needs of immigrant parents to prevent sexual problems among children and adolescents at an early age.
Sex education for individuals with intellectual disabilities is important. However, our knowledge about effective methods for teaching sex education to this population is limited. We report the ...results of a systematic review identifying methods for sex education programs aimed at individuals with intellectual disabilities. In all, 20 articles were included that met the criteria set in terms of topic-the effectiveness of sex education programs-and population of interest-individuals with intellectual disabilities. In these articles, methods for increasing knowledge and for improving skills and attitudes were reported. However, the studies revealed that generalization of skills to real-life situations was often not achieved. There are indications that the maintenance of knowledge and skills still needs extra attention. Moreover, detailed descriptions of the program materials, program goals, and methods used in the programs were often lacking in the reports. Although there is some evidence for methods that may improve knowledge, attitudes, and skills with regard to sex education aimed at individuals with intellectual disabilities, due to the lack of detailed descriptions provided it is unclear under which conditions these methods work. We therefore suggest that authors provide additional detail about methods in future publications or in online supplements.
This article explores the urgency of sexual education for early childhood, focusing on the role of teachers in delivering this material. This study aims to understand how sex education can be ...delivered according to the psychological developmental stages of early childhood. Employing ten participants, this qualitative study included observation and in-depth interviews with teachers and parents at two major kindergartens in Palopo City, namely Paramata Bunda Palopo Kindergarten and Datok Sulaiman Palopo Kindergarten. Research instruments included interview guidelines and observation sheets. Data were analysed through thematic analysis, considering the perspectives of educational psychology, educational sociology and religious education. The results showed that sex education needs to be delivered with simple language and content adapted to early childhood development, involving the active role of teachers, parents, and the community. Sexual education can also help children understand the values of gender equality and avoid sexual discrimination. In addition, religious education plays an important role in understanding moral values in the context of sex. This study concludes that sexual education for early childhood is important and needs to be done with an approach appropriate to the stages of child development and involving various parties. The contributions of this study include recommendations for developing sexual education curricula in kindergartens and the education of teachers and parents in providing sexual education. The results also show potential for future research in developing more effective strategies in sexual education for early childhood.
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