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States vary in policy regarding parental role in sex education; some states require parental consent to teach certain aspects of the sex/HIV education curriculum while others require that parents are active participants in the education. 40 states (and the District of Columbia) require the inclusion of parents in sex and/or HIV education.
Only 18 states have laws requiring information taught in sex ed to be medically accurate, while six states either prohibit sex educators from discussing LGBTQ identities and relationships or ...
Abstinence, though, is all that’s currently being taught in 16 states — and it’s required to be emphasized in the sex ed curricula of 30, according to a report by sex ed advocacy ...
The National Association of School Psychologists, [111] the American Academy of Pediatrics, [112] the American Public Health Association, [113] the Society for Adolescent Medicine [114] and the American College Health Association, [114] have stated official support for comprehensive sex education. Such curricula are intended to reduce sexually ...
Today, programs under the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) begin comprehensive sex education in pre-kindergarten, drawing criticism related to the age at which it is appropriate to address sexual matters with children.
The 2009 NSSHB surveyed nearly 6,000 individuals between the age of 14 and 94, living in the United States. Findings showed a wide variety of sexual behavior. According to one of the lead investigators, Debby Herbenick, PhD, of Indiana University in Bloomington, "Adult men and women rarely engage in just one sex act when they have sex."
When Olivia Rodrigo partnered with abortion funds across the United States to provide free access to birth control for her concert-going fans last month, the 21-year-old pop star was praised for ...
Example of a pedagogical tool: a booklet intended to explain contraception during sexual education sessions (District Museum Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria). Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, and birth control, sexual ...