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'''Sex Education''' is classroom instruction on [[human reproduction]] and [[sexuality]]. It is typically taught by both public and private schools, with parents usually given the option of withdrawing their children if they feel the content to be inappropriate or have personal or religious objections.
'''Sex Education''' is classroom instruction on [[human reproduction]] and [[sexuality]]. It is typically taught by both public and private schools, with parents usually given the option of withdrawing their children if they feel the content to be inappropriate or have personal or religious objections.
The appropriate content for sex education is a subject of political dispute within the United States, and within other countries. The greatest division is between the comprehensive and abstinence-only schools of thought. Proponents of comprehensive sex education believe that instruction should include education on methods of contraception, as a means to prevent the twin threats of pregnancy and the transmission of sexually-transmitted infections. Proponents of abstinence education maintain that instructing unmarried teenagers on contraception is implicitly endorsing sexual activity outside of marriage, and so sex education should omit contraception and instead concentrate on helping teenagers to avoid pressure towards pre-marital sexual activity, and to wait until they are in a monogamous, married relationship to begin sexual activity.
The appropriate content for sex education is a subject of political dispute within the United States, and within other countries. The greatest division is between the comprehensive and [[abstinence]]-only schools of thought. Proponents of comprehensive sex education believe that instruction should include education on methods of [[contraception]], as a means to prevent the twin threats of pregnancy and the transmission of sexually-transmitted infections. Proponents of abstinence education maintain that instructing unmarried teenagers on contraception is implicitly endorsing sexual activity outside of marriage, and so sex education should omit contraception and instead concentrate on helping teenagers to avoid pressure towards pre-marital sexual activity, and to wait until they are in a monogamous, married relationship to begin sexual activity.
In general, comprehensive education is favored by [[liberal|liberals]] while abstinence-only education is favored by [[conservative|conservatives]].
In general, comprehensive education is favored by [[liberal|liberals]] while abstinence-only education is favored by [[conservative|conservatives]].
As well as subjects directly relation to physical sexual acts, sex education may also include instruction on relationship management, self-control, pregnency, the physiological changes of puberty, sexual orientation, and in religious schools the morality of sex. This variety adds to the political contriversy, with varying groups advocating the inclusion of exclusion of specific components.
Sex education is typically taught at varying points throughout education, either as a seperate short course (Often with a visiting specialist teacher) or as a module in the science cirriculum. Thus an individual student will go through several sex education courses, each one imparting information considered appropriate for their age at the time.
==Abstinence Only==
==Abstinence Only==
== Sex Education in England ==
== Sex Education in England ==
In England the National Curriculum [http://www.dfes.gov.uk] requires all schools to offer comprehensive sex education as part of Personal, Social and Health Education, from junior school on, but parents may choose to not have their children attend sex education classes.
In England the National Curriculum [http://www.dfes.gov.uk] requires all schools to offer comprehensive sex education as part of Personal, Social and Health Education, from junior school on. These classes are opt-out: All children take the lessons unless their parents have previously requested otherwise.
==References==
==References==