Here in the Philippines, whether to approve or reject the idea of sex education is still yet to be decided on. It's because it's greatly opposed by one of the high sectors of the Philippine community--the church. The church here believes that it's the responsibility of the parents and the families to educate the young about sex and other related issues. Also because "sex" is still considered a taboo word in some part of the country. Anyway...
I believe my country needs sex ed though. I'm a Christian by the way.
But for me it must be approved under certain conditions. It must be age-appropriate, must provide information regarding the dangers of early or unprotected sex, values formation, abstinence.
I think it's better to be open about it and properly inform the community regarding issues related to sex than to remain ignorant about it and witness young people trying to shun their curiosity by themselves. I can say that a lot of young people turn to their peers and other unreliable sources about sex because this was a topic in a debate once and I have read statistics. Only a few children here can open the subject to their parents and I guess that is a problem and would cause children to turn to unreliable sources. Instead of risking that, let them be informed through age-appropriate sex education.
That's my opinion anyway.
I believe my country needs sex ed though. I'm a Christian by the way.
But for me it must be approved under certain conditions. It must be age-appropriate, must provide information regarding the dangers of early or unprotected sex, values formation, abstinence.
I think it's better to be open about it and properly inform the community regarding issues related to sex than to remain ignorant about it and witness young people trying to shun their curiosity by themselves. I can say that a lot of young people turn to their peers and other unreliable sources about sex because this was a topic in a debate once and I have read statistics. Only a few children here can open the subject to their parents and I guess that is a problem and would cause children to turn to unreliable sources. Instead of risking that, let them be informed through age-appropriate sex education.
That's my opinion anyway.
September 19th, 2010 at 08:12am