Talk:Sex Education in Schools

I enjoyed reading your page on sex education in schools. I agree that abstinence only sex education leaves out tons of information that would be valuable to many individuals. In my opinion, it is a huge issue that not all sex education programs talk about abortion or consent. Expanding on these issue could be engaging for the readers. I think it would be interesting if you were to add a section with recommendations on how to improve sex education in school. I also think it could be valuable to talk about sex education in schools outside of North America to gain different perspectives on the topic.

Thank you for your wiki page. This topic is really interesting and the content is informative. It is shocking to see how abstinence-based education is still relevant, as I find it unrealistic. Also I was looking at the different aspects of sex education you have listed and I feel that sex education is catching up with social trend and technology by looking at "Understanding sexual orientation" "concept of gender identity" and "Internet Safety and Sexting". This is really relatable to our course materials. One thing I wish to see is more analysis on cultural references. How about in different countries or among different culture. You mention a bit about religiously affiliated school. As even within the US there are differences among provinces, it might be interesting what is the reason behind in the differences and cultural references that could influence them.

I like this post because it will never not be relevant to education in our society. I think that the link you gave to the more detailed outlines of each province's sex education program is really useful because it covers a lot. I was interested in the topic of sexting and internet safety because when I was in school (i.e 4 years ago in high school) we were strictly taught that you should never send an suggestive pictures. However, knowing many people do so anyways, I think that this is a little bit like the "abstinence" to sex concept taught in some US Schools. No one ever talked about what your rights and responsibilities are if you DO decide to engage in sexting/pictures so I'd be interested to see if that has changed since.

I think this was a very interesting choice. It's crazy to think that abstinence is still taught in sex education. I really liked how you discussed the flaws in the sex education system, specifically by discussing how consent is not brought up. It's such an important thing in today's day and age and although we may not think it needs to be taught, I feel like it does. I liked the way you contrasted the USA and Canada. It was interesting to see how the two countries were very different.

This is a pretty unique choice for a topic and I am glad that you chose it because I wanted to know more about this subject. It's quite troubling that one third of the US states still provide an abstinence oriented sexual education. This approach is not only impractical, but also undermines the goal of sexual education.You're right in stating that, though abstinence in adolescence may be encouraged, in many cases where due to their rebellious nature, teens chose to engage is sexual relations they should be given the opportunity to learn about safe sex. There is an interesting trend of progressive thought within religion that is catching rapid growth and it will be interesting to see how this progress will affect issues relating to sexuality in the near future.

This is very interesting. I was thinking maybe if you haven't heard of it, you could think about including something to do with the Ontario public school sex ed problem and how the new conservative government put temporarily into place the old curriculum from the 90s (nothing about sexting etc)

Hi there, your article was both informative and clear. I like how you gave us links to follow if we wanted to read more about sex education curriculum as well so that you didn't need to spend the whole article just describing what was included. I think something that you could add would be how sex education varies from private schools to public schools to charter schools, and where it is mandatory. You could even add a section about sex education requirements in different countries across the world!

Great work, Briana

I love your page and the topic of what abstience leaves out!

While other comments have brought up abstinence only education, I wonder if it would be possible to explore the backlash that schools often face from parents when they try to expand their sex education? If it would be possible to do without making the wiki to broad it might help explain why this is not changing as quickly as general attitudes towards it might suggest it should.

I found the topic you chose to be interesting and one I would not of thought of. The topic of "What Does Abstinence Only Sex Education Leave Out?" interested me, however I felt It may need a little more detail. Maybe you could link teenage pregnancy to abstinence only sex education. Try adding some images to your wiki page, it will brake up the wall of text and give it the reader something interesting to look at. Also, double check your spelling, in particular the last line. Over all, the wiki page was very interesting to read, and provided a lot of information.

I really liked the topic you chose as well! Sex education is so integral for everyone to be safe while practicing safe sex, but also integral for young children to learn about their bodies and how they function. I liked that you linked the reader to the Global news article in reference to how sex education differs in Canada from province to province. I think it might be important to add to that section though because in the past week, the new premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, is following through on one of his campaign promises to revert Ontario's sex education curriculum back to the old one from 1998. This change in curriculum poses real threats and dangers to students as it does not include detailed information about STI's and prevention, contraception, the LGBTQ community... the list goes on. Definitely worth a read.

https://globalnews.ca/news/4330893/doug-ford-ontario-1998-sex-ed-curriculum-teachers/