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SEX EDUCATION
SEXOLOGY
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
WHAT SKILLS SHOULD SEX EDUCATION DEVELOP?
SAFE SEX
SEX EDUCATION PROGRAMS
SEX EDUCATION LINKS
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SEX EDUCATION
Sex education, which is sometimes called sexuality education or sex
and relationships education.
Sex education is a broad term used to describe education about human
sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, and other
aspects of human sexual behavior. Common avenues for sex education
are parents or caregivers, school programs, and public health
campaigns.
Sex education
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_education
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SEXOLOGY
Sexology is the study of sexual interests, behavior, and function.
In modern sexology, researchers apply tools from several academic
fields, including:
biology
medicine
psychology
statistics
epidemiology
pedagogics
sociology
anthropology
criminology
It studies sexual development and the development of sexual relationships
as well as the mechanics of sexual intercourse and sexual malfunction. It
also documents the sexualities of special groups, such as handicapped,
children, and elderly, and studies sexual pathologies such as sex addiction
and child sexual abuse.
SEXOLOGY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexology
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SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Employment discrimination
Hostile environment sexual harassment
Microinequity
Sexism
Sexual abuse
Sexual harassment in education
Workplace bullying
Disciplinary counseling
Sexual harassment is intimidation, bullying or coercion of a sexual nature,
or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual
favors. In some contexts or circumstances, sexual harassment may be illegal.
It includes a range of behavior from seemingly mild transgressions and annoyances
to actual sexual abuse or sexual assault. Sexual harassment is a form of illegal
employment discrimination in many countries, and is a form of abuse (sexual and
psychological) and bullying. For many businesses, preventing sexual harassment,
and defending employees from sexual harassment charges, have become key goals of
legal decision-making. In contrast, many scholars complain that sexual harassment
in education remains a "forgotten secret," with educators and administrators
refusing to admit the problem exists in their schools, or accept their legal and
ethical responsibilities to deal with it.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment
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WHAT SKILLS SHOULD
SEX EDUCATION DEVELOP?
If sex education is going to be effective it needs to include opportunities
for young people to develop skills, as it can be hard for them to act on the
basis of only having information.
The skills young people develop as part of sex education are linked to more
general life-skills. Being able to communicate, listen, negotiate with others,
ask for and identify sources of help and advice, are useful life-skills which
can be applied to sexual relationships. Effective sex education develops young
people's skills in negotiation, decision-making, assertion and listening. Other
important skills include being able to recognise pressures from other people and
to resist them, dealing with and challenging prejudice and being able to seek
help from adults - including parents, carers and professionals - through the
family, community and health and welfare services.
When should sex education start?
Sex education that works starts early, before young people reach puberty, and
before they have developed established patterns of behaviour. The precise age
at which information should be provided depends on the physical, emotional and
intellectual development of the young people as well as their level of
understanding. What is covered and also how, depends on who is providing the
sex education, when they are providing it, and in what context, as well as what
the individual young person wants to know about.
It is important for sex education to begin at a young age and also that it is
sustained. Giving young people basic information from an early age provides the
foundation on which more complex knowledge is built up over time. For example,
when they are very young, children can be informed about how people grow and
change over time, and how babies become children and then adults, and this
provides the basis on which they understand more detailed information about
puberty provided in the pre-teenage years. They can also when they are young,
be provided with information about viruses and germs that attack the body.
This provides the basis for talking to them later about infections that can
be caught through sexual contact.
Effective school-based sex education
School-based sex education can be an important and effective way of enhancing
young people's knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. There is widespread agreement
that formal education should include sex education and what works has been well-
researched. Evidence suggests that effective school programmes will include the
following elements:
A focus on reducing specific risky behaviours
A clear, and continuously reinforced message about sexual behaviour and risk
reduction
Providing accurate information about, the risks associated with sexual activity,
about contraception and birth control, and about methods of avoiding or deferring
intercourse
Dealing with peer and other social pressures on young people; providing opportunities
to practise communication, negotiation and assertion skills
Uses a variety of approaches to teaching and learning that involve and engage young
people and help them to personalise the information
Uses approaches to teaching and learning which are appropriate to young people's age,
experience and cultural background
Is provided by people who believe in what they are saying and have access to support
in the form of training or consultation with other sex educators
Sex Education That Works
http://www.avert.org/sex-education.htm
AVERT
http://www.avert.org/
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SAFE SEX
Safe sex is defined as sexual activity engaged in by people who have
taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) such as AIDS. It is also referred to as safer sex, or
protected sex, while unsafe sex or unprotected sex is sexual activity
engaged in without precautions. Some sources prefer the term safer sex
to more precisely reflect the fact that these practices reduce, but do
not completely eliminate, the risk of disease transmission. In recent
years, the term "sexually transmitted infections" (STIs) has been
preferred over "STDs," as it has a broader range of meaning; a person
may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without showing
signs of disease.
Promoting safe sex is now one of the aims of sex education. From the
viewpoint of society, safe sex can be regarded as a harm reduction
strategy aimed at reducing risks.
The risk reduction of safe sex is not absolute; for example the reduced
risk to the receptive partner of acquiring HIV from HIV seropositive
partners not wearing condoms to compared to when they wear them is
estimated to be about a four- to fivefold.
Although some safe sex practices can be used as contraception, most forms
of contraception do not protect against all or any STIs; likewise, some
safe sex practices, like partner selection and low risk sex behavior, are
not effective forms of contraception.
Safe sex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_sex
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SEX EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs,
sometimes called Sexual Risk Avoidance Programs, teach abstinence
as the only morally correct option of sexual expression for
teenagers. They usually censor information about contraception and
condoms for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
and unintended pregnancy.
Abstinence-Centered Education
Another term normally used to mean abstinence-only programs.
Comprehensive Sex Education
teaches about abstinence as the best method for avoiding STDs and
unintended pregnancy, but also teaches about condoms and contraception
to reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy and of infection with STDs,
including HIV. It also teaches interpersonal and communication skills
and helps young people explore their own values, goals, and options.
Abstinence-Plus Education—Programs
which include information about contraception and condoms in the context
of strong abstinence messages.
Sex Education Programs
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/publications-a-z/655-sex-education-programs-definitions-and-point-by-point-comparison
The International Association
for the Study of Sexuality,
Culture and Society (IASSCS)
http://www.iasscs.org/
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SEX EDUCATION
LINKS
Adolescent Sex Education
http://www.4Parents.gov
Advocates for Youth
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/
American Journal of Sexuality Education
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15546128.asp
Ask Men
http://www.askmen.com/
Assology
https://newageoftruth.wordpress.com/tag/assology/
Assology: The Power of Assnosis
http://www.uvtblog.com/2012/02/assology-the-power-of-assnosis/
Birth Control & Safe Sex
http://www.ehow.com/birth-control-and-safe-sex/
Christian Nymphos
https://christiannymphos.org/
Doinitright.org
http://www.doinitright.org/
Downloadable slide presentations for teaching sexual education
http://www.sexualityandu.ca/teachers/tools-9.aspx
Facts on Sex Education in the United States
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_sexEd2006.html
Free Lesson Plans Sexual Pressures
http://www.discoveryeducation.com / teachers / free-lesson-plans / sexual-pressures.cfm
Free STD Prevention Lesson Plans for Youth
http://www.stdhivtraining.org/swap_stdlessonsforyouth_july11.html
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) SEX
http://www.avert.org/sex-questions.htm
Funky Brown Chick
http://funkybrownchick.com/
Healthline.com
http://www.healthline.com
Health & PE Lesson Plans
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edpe.htm
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HIV & AIDS Prevention
http://www.avert.org/aids-hiv-prevention.htm
How to Talk with Your Children About Sex
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/parents/how-talk-your-child-about-sex-4422.htm
Girls On The Net
https://www.girlonthenet.com/
Glossary of clinical sexology
http://www.sexology.it/glossario_sessuologia.html
Good in Bed
http://www.goodinbed.com/
Implementing Sex Education
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/resources/implementing-sex-education-23516.htm
Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/
The Kinsey Institute
http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/
Lesbians, Bisexual Women and Safe Sex
http://www.avert.org/lesbians-safe-sex.htm
Lesson Plans - Safe Schools Coalition
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/RG-lessonplans.html
lesson plans
http://www.teachingsexualhealth.ca/teacher/lessons.html
Sex-lexis.com
http://sex-lexis.com/
Let’s Talk (Frankly) About Sex
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/magazine/lets-talk-frankly-about-sex.html?_r=0
Lifescript.com
http://www.lifescript.com/
Love Bug
http://www.lovebugmedia.com/ask/ask.html
Low sex drive in women
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/low-sex-drive-in-women/DS01043
Marriage and Sex Advice
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/marriage-sex/
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MAYO CLINIC
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Mens Health
http://www.menshealth.com/
National Association for the Advancement of Single Sex
http://www.singlesexschools.org/
Project Growing Up Sexually
http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUND/ARCHIV/GUS/GUS_MAIN_INDEX.HTM
REAL SEXED FACTS
http://www.realsexedfacts.com/
Safe Sex
http://www.positive.org/JustSayYes/safesex.html
Senior Sex
http://www.medicinenet.com/senior_sex/article.htm
Sex and the CDC
http://www.indypendent.org/?p=181
Sex Drive: How Do Men and Women Compare?
http://www.webmd.com/sex/features/sex-drive-how-do-men-women-compare
Sex Ed Library
http://www.sexedlibrary.org/index.cfm?pageId=722
Sex Education
http://www.studenthandouts.com/health-science/sex-education.htm
Sex education for adults using flash animation and video
http://www.thehealthyprostate.com/anatomy
Sex Education Lesson Plans
http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/links_sexeduclessonplans.htm
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Sex Education Lesson Plans
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=sex+education&media=lesson
Sex Education Links
http://www.bigeye.com/sexeducation/index.html
The Sex eZine
http://sex.lilithezine.com/
Sex Education That Works
http://www.avert.org/sex-education.htm
Sex, Etc.
http://www.sexetc.org/
Sex Info
http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo
Sex information website
http://www.nvsh.nl/english/index.htm
Sex and relationship education site for schools
http://www.teachers.tv/pshe
Sex Slavery
http://www.soroptimist.org/trafficking/trafficking.html
Sexual Education
http://www.lessonplanet.com
Sexual Harassment
http://www.discoveryeducation.com / teachers / free-lesson-plans / sexual-harassment.cfm
Sexuality Education
http://www.safehealthyschools.org/sexualityeducation/gateway.htm
Sexuality Education
http://www.ithaca.edu/wise/sex_education/
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Sexuality Education Lesson Plans
http://www.girlsbestfriend.org/downloads/sexuality_education.doc
Sexuality Education Lesson Plans
http://www.safehealthyschools.org/sexualityeducation/25.htm
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
http://www.siecus.org/
Sexwise
http://www.ruthinking.co.uk
Stories of Sex Education
http://www.avert.org/learning-sex.htm
Talking to kids about same-sex marriage
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/30/living/feat-same-sex-marriage-talking-to-kids/index.html
Talk Sex with Sue Johanson
http://www.talksexwithsue.com/
Teen Source.org
http://www.teensource.org/
TEEN WIRE
http://www.teenwire.com/
Tips for Talking to Teens about Sex
http://www.lifestyles.com/health-and-wellness/tips-for-talking-about-sex/
V for Vadge
http://vforvadge.com/
Web MD
http://www.webmd.com/
Women's Health Magazine
http://www.womenshealthmag.com/
Youth-Policy
http://www.youth-policy.com
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Sexopedia
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sexopedia/
Healthy
Strokes
http://www.healthystrokes.com/
The International Museum of Women, (I.M.O.W.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Museum_of_Women
Wikigender
http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/New_Home
International Women's Day
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/default.asp
Willy Worries
&
Womens Worries.com
https://www.willyworries.com/
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