Pleasure and Sex Education: The Need for Broadening Both Content and Measurement

Sex education in the United States is limited in both its content and the measures used to collect data on what is taught. The risk-reduction framework that guides the teaching of sex education in the United States focuses almost exclusively on avoiding unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2020-02, Vol.110 (2), p.145-148
Main Authors: Kantor, Leslie M, Lindberg, Laura
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adolescent
AIDS
AJPH Public Health of Pleasure
Birth control
Child Welfare - psychology
Disease transmission
Education
Frustration
Gender
Health Education
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Persons
Objectives
Other Child and Adolescent Health
Pleasure
Pregnancy
Public health
Risk Reduction Behavior
Sex
Sex Education
Sexual Behavior
Sexual Health
Sexuality
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - prevention & control
Skills
STD
Teaching
Teenagers
United States
Young adults
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Summary:Sex education in the United States is limited in both its content and the measures used to collect data on what is taught. The risk-reduction framework that guides the teaching of sex education in the United States focuses almost exclusively on avoiding unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, overlooking other critical topics such as the information and skills needed to form healthy relationships and content related to sexual pleasure.Young people express frustration about the lack of information on sexuality and sexual behavior that is included in sex education programs; sexual and gender minority youths, in particular, feel overlooked by current approaches.International guidance provides a more robust framework for developing and measuring sex education and suggests a number of areas in which US sex education can improve to better meet the needs of youths.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305320