I am sure we all have our own funny stories about sex ed class. But they really aren't so funny when we think about the fact that many of us got our (mis)information about the birds and bees from halted conversations with our parents, from gossiping with our friends, or from reading the bathroom wall.
Despite today's availability of information about sex and abstinence, things haven't gotten much better for adolescents. Ask a kid what "not having sex" means and you'll get a million different answers.
Legislation like the recently introduced REAL Act (The Responsible Education About Life Act) aims to end such misinformation by providing federal funding for comprehensive sex education in schools. (For the last 10 years billions of dollars have gone to abstinence-only-until-marriage programs while zero dollars went to what is known as comprehensive sex education.)
Informing policy initiatives, the actual design of sex education curricula, and activist interventions, is a body of knowledge produced by nonprofits and university based research centers that aims to answer critical questions about sex education.
What should kids know about sex and at what age?
What effect does knowing about sex have on adolescent sexual behavior?
Who is responsible for teaching kids about sex? parents, gym teachers, health teachers?
Are LGBTQ teens being left out of sex ed?
What can we do to prevent teen pregnancy?
What works best in HIV prevention education?
This is an issue that affects everyone, yet because the issue is often cast as being a moral issue it is tempting to avoid it altogether or to even imagine that the debate about sex education is a thing of the past. We encourage you to take a minute to explore some of the research collected here and get a different view on sex ed.
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Facts on Sex Education in the United States
Contributing Organization(s): Guttmacher Institute
Publication date: 2006-12-01
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Facts on Young Men's Sexual and Reproductive Health
Contributing Organization(s): Guttmacher Institute
Publication date: 2008-06-01
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This fact sheet covers the topics of - Sexual Activity
- Condom Use
- Fatherhood
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- HIV/AIDS
- Sex Education
- Services
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FAQ: Tapping TANF for Reproductive Health or Teen Parent Programs
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Law and Social Policy
Publication date: 1999-04-01
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The following FAQ is designed to address common questions about how TANF might be tapped to prevent unintended pregnancy throughout a state as well as to meet the special needs of teen parents. The FAQ is based on CLASP's understanding of the TANF statute and final regulations. Even though final regulations are published, questions may arise. Therefore, proponents of using TANF for a pregnancy prevention effort and/or for a teen parent intervention should engage key community players in identifying unmet needs in the state and in determining whether TANF appears to be the best funding stream available. Then, legal advice within the state should weigh available HHS guidance and decide whether investment through TANF is reasonable. This FAQ will be updated on CLASP's web page [www.CLASP.org] as further guidance is issued Complete listing and access info » |
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Fast Facts: Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs
Contributing Organization(s): Healthy Teen Network
Publication date: 2008-10-01
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Despite evidence that it is ineffective, abstinence-only-until-marriage programs have been implemented in schools and funded by the government for the past twenty years. While abstinence is part of an appropriate approach to sexuality education, particularly for younger children, abstinence-only programs deny adolescents the information they need to stay healthy and safe. Complete listing and access info » |
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Fast Facts: Comprehensive Sex Education
Contributing Organization(s): Healthy Teen Network
Publication date: 2007-10-01
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Comprehensive sexuality education programs promote abstinence as the most effective way to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STI) while also teaching accurate and age appropriate information on healthy relationships, contraception and STIs. Providing this information to adolescents allows them to make responsible decisions about sexual activity. Complete listing and access info » |
Available for your listening pleasure: a podcast on the issue of adolescents and reproductive health. Stacy Kessler, IssueLab's Collections Assistant, chatted with Laura Lindberg, Senior Research Associate at the Guttmacher Institute about the role of nonprofit research in the debate about comprehensive sex ed and abstinence training.
