Public health expert said good sex ed programs start early, teach healthy relationships. TX requires human sexuality classes focus on abstinence.
Valeria Nevarez, 22, holds a sign to protest the HealthSmart sexual education curriculum during a school board meeting in January. The district is not offering sex education this year after parents pushed back on plans to start the HealthSmart program.
emphasize abstinence as the only completely effective way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies “This is not a public health-based, science-based approach,” said Golfarb, who is a nationally recognized expert on sex education. “This is an ideologically based approach that has to do more with religious values and beliefs than it does with health.”That being said, Goldfarb said reducing teen pregnancy rates and STDs shouldn’t be the program’s only goals.
Parents and others who oppose school-based sex education often accuse school leaders of trying to sexualize children. But Goldfarb said a good sex education curriculum does the opposite. Kids who understand what healthy relationships look like are less vulnerable to being exploited, she said, because they’re better equipped to recognize and report inappropriate behavior from an adult if it happens.
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