When did sexual education began being taught in schools?
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(1) According to the records, it was started in 1986.\n\n(2) Initially It was started as the prevention efforts of HIV to promote sexual awareness through sex education in schools .
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I personally think that it's in the student's best interest to taught about how to protect themselves. There should be a message in there about abstinence, though. People have to understand that no matter how much you tell students not to have sex and educate them about the risks, they're still going to do it. The best way to keep them safe is to educate them about how to be the safest they can and not have any life-ruining consequences come of it. If they aren't educated about protection and are only taught about abstinence, the students who decide to have sex regardless of being taught about abstinence will not know how to protect themselves correctly and could end up with an STD or pregnant.
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The history of the condom.
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Some parents have the misconception that if they ignore the "sex" issue that their children will not be curious about it. That is unfortunate. I had many young ladies come through the hospital where I used to work who were pregnant mostly because they were uneducated in the sexuality department.All children should be taught sex and they should be taught from the parents moral standards and background. I think some parents don't know how to approach the subject with their kids. I also think that many are uncomfortable with their own sexuality so it makes it very hard for them to talk to their kids and explain something that they are uncomfortable talking about themselves.
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June 1, 1968\n\nhttp://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_keller.hcsp
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I am in Michigan, and in our small town they do not do that here. It's funny that you asked this, because my daughter is going to middle school next year and I had a meeting with a couple of teachers about the sex ed program at the middle school. One of the teachers was from the middle school and I asked about the sex ed. I wanted to know if they address abstinence or birth control. In my home we stress abstinence, for the biggest reason because of our Christianity, but the next biggest reason, for their health and safety. I think it is every parents duty to teach their children before the school does so that the parents values are instilled first. I agree schools need to respect what parents teach in their homes. If a school is teaching about birth control and it is in opposition to what a parent is teaching then the child should not be part of that one part in teaching kids about unwanted pregnancies and diseases prevention.
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What exactly do you need to know? I'm a history teacher - People stopped being regarded as children at 14 years old. Between 6-12, children that worked in factories and mills went to school for 2 hours a day. Rich children went to grammar school and boys and girls were kept seperate throughout al stages of schooling. Only the elite went on to university - men only of course! \nIt wasn't considered feminine to be educated so if a woman was for example a teacher, she would not be able to marry and continue her profession.
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I'm not aware that children at age 6 are receiving any official/formal training in sex education.\n\nMy concern at this point is that the child is learning this from another student or worse yet, an adult who is not authorized to do this sort of teaching.\n\nI might want to sit down with the parents of this child in a comfortable non aggressive/threatening environment and find out what the child meant when he said this and where he gained this information.\n\nThis can range from the simple act of bringing the matter to teachers and administration at the school to the leveling of charges against an adult who had less than pleasant intentions with the child.\n\nGood luck with this.\n\nLove as always,\n\nSebastian
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Sex Ed has the best homework.  Love it!
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yes it's very important that students in public schools learn about sex.  It is, however, even MORE important for the students' parents to talk to them about sex.  During their sex ed lessons, but hopefully long before.
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Im fairly old fashioned....but I believe the schools have no reason to teach children about sex.  I believe sex education should be between a man and his wife.
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Hopefully, the following set of links, combined, can give you a place to start with your course setup.  Also, check with the local public schools for the curriculum they use for middle schoolers' first introduction to the topic.\n\nhttp://www.etr.org/recapp/research/journal200110.htm\nhttp://www.nichcy.org/resources/sexualityeducation.asp\nhttp://ericec.org/faq/sex-ed.html\nhttp://www.sexsupport.org/SexEd.html (this one is a list of academic articles, professionally developed program summaries, etc.... browse and then do a search for the ones you think will help you)\nhttp://www.usaid.gov/about/disability/hiv_training.html\nhttp://www.arcminnesota.com/res-sexuality.htm\n\n\nHope these help!
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It should be taught in school that the act of sex is sacred and should be considered a very special moment between a man a wife.  Kids that young are too imature to completely understand how complicated it is.  That is why the school systems/governements shouldn't be giving out birth control, or saying it's ok if you get pregnant and want to have an abortion.  What ever happened to suffering the consequences of making bad decisions?  That is how you grow as a person.  It's ok to make mistakes if you own up to them.  The solution is to not make sex seem like such a casual thing, so that young people don't find it so acceptable. There is still hope.
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schools no longer are allowed to teach information like this,  they are required to teach the lie that there is a seperation of Church and State.\n\nPublic schools are now used to teach the agenda of the non christians, in science and evolution, to gay rights agenday and more.
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An Egyptian drawing of a condom being worn has been found to be 3,000 years old. It is unknown, however, if the Egyptian pictured wearing the device intended to use it for contraception, or for ritual purposes.\n\nIn 16th century Italy, Gabrielle Fallopius authored the first-known published description of condom use for disease prevention. He recommended soaking cloth sheaths in a chemical solution and allowing them to dry prior to use.\n\nThe oldest condoms found (rather than just pictures or descriptions) are from 1640, discovered in Dudley Castle in England. They were made of animal intestine, and it is believed they were used for STD prevention.\n\nIn 19th century Japan, both leather condoms and condoms made of tortoise shells or horns were available.\n\nThe rubber vulcanization process was patented by Charles Goodyear in 1844, and the first rubber condom was produced in 1855. These early rubber condoms were 1-2mm thick and had seams down the sides. Although they were reusable, these early rubber condoms were also expensive.\n\nDistribution of condoms in the United States was limited by passage of the Comstock Law in 1873. This law prohibited transport through the postal service of any instructional material or devices intended to prevent pregnancy. Condoms were available by prescription, although legally they were only supposed to be prescribed to prevent disease rather than pregnancy. The Comstock Law remained in force until it was largely overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1936.\n\nIn 1912, a German named Julius Fromm developed a new manufacturing technique for condoms: dipping glass molds into the raw rubber solution. This enabled the production of thinner condoms with no seams. Fromm's Act was the first branded line of condoms, and Fromms is still a popular line of condoms in Germany today. By the 1930s, the manufacturing process had improved to produce single-use condoms almost as thin and inexpensive as those currently available.\n\nCondoms were not made available to U.S. soldiers in World War I, and a significant number of returning soldiers carried sexually transmitted infections. During World War II, however, condoms were heavily promoted to soldiers, with one film exhorting "Don't forget — put it on before you put it in."  In part because condoms were readily available, soldiers found a number of non-sexual uses for the devices:\n\nTying a non-lubricated condom around the muzzle of the rifle barrel in order to prevent barrel fouling by keeping out detritus\nBecause long-distance bombers often did not have toilet facilities, condoms could be used to hold urine. It was common practice to throw the filled condoms from the plane whilst at altitude over enemy territory.\n\nThe OSS used condoms for a plethora of applications, from storing corrosive fuel additives and wire garrotes (with the T-handles removed) to holding the acid component of a self-destructing film canister, to finding use in improvised explosives.\nNavy SEALS have used doubled condoms, sealed with neoprene cement, to protect non-electric firing assemblies for underwater demolitions - leading to the term "Dual Waterproof Firing Assemblies."\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom
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sexual education, aids and STD's, sexuality, eating habits and hygiene issues
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I think it steams from when people though only gays and druggies can get HIV/AIDS.\n\nmany of those people didn't get correct in this thought and though it to their kids (and other people's kids)\n\nadd this to the fact that are school system have been cutting back on sex ed\n\nplus (but connect to the first one) there was a guy that wrote a book about him living a secret life where he cheated on the lady he was with a bunch of men.  That has been getting a lot of press (at least in the Black media outlets) that help fuel this ideal of bisexual men are the reason straight women get HIV/AIDS