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'''Sex Education''' is classroom instruction on [[human reproduction]] and [[sexuality]]. It is one of the hottest issues in American politics, with the secular-progressive (typically taught by both [[liberalPublic schools|public]]) side favoring "science-based" teaching from [[kindergarten]] on up. Conservatives take the "[[moral]]" side and want as little mention of sex in classrooms as possibleprivate schools, leaving to with parents usually given the parents option of withdrawing their right to instruct children as if they feel the content to sexual morality, as opposed to the government deciding for thembe inappropriate or have personal or religious objections.

Studies have not shown that abstinence-only The appropriate content for sex education produces successful outcomesis a subject of political dispute within the United States, and within other countries.<ref>The greatest division is between the comprehensive and [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp[abstinence]]-dyn/content/article/2007/04/13/AR2007041301003only schools of thought.html Study Casts Doubt Proponents of comprehensive sex education believe that instruction should include education on Abstinence-Only Programsmethods of [[contraception]</ref> According ], as a means to prevent the American Academy twin threats of Pediatrics, "Abstinencepregnancy and the transmission of sexually-only programs have not demonstrated successful outcomes with regard to delayed initiation transmitted infections. Proponents of abstinence education maintain that instructing unmarried teenagers on contraception is implicitly endorsing sexual activity or use outside of safer sex practices.... Programs that encourage abstinence as the best option for adolescentsmarriage, but offer a discussion of HIV prevention and so sex education should omit contraception as the best approach for adolescents who and instead concentrate on helping teenagers to avoid pressure towards pre-marital sexual activity, and to wait until they are sexually activein a monogamous, have been shown married relationship to delay the initiation of begin sexual activity and increase the proportion of sexually active adolescents who reported using birth control."<ref>http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/108/2/498</ref>

Arthur CaplanIn general, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, argues that comprehensive education is favored by [[liberal]]s while abstinence-only sex education leads to the opposite of the intended results is favored by spreading ignorance regarding sexually-transmitted diseases and the proper use of contraceptives to prevent both infections and pregnancy.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn[[conservative]]s.com/id/9504871/</ref>

As well as subjects directly related to physical sexual acts, sex education may also include instruction or guidance on relationship management, self-control, pregnancy, the physiological changes of puberty, sexual orientation, and sometimes the morality of sex. This variety adds to the political controversy, with varying groups advocating the inclusion or exclusion of specific components. Sex education is typically taught at varying points throughout education, either as a separate short course (often with a visiting specialist teacher) or as a module in the science curriculum. Thus an individual student will go through several sex education courses, each one imparting information considered appropriate for their age at the time. ==Abstinence Only==[[Federal funding]] for abstinence only education across the country has increased during the decade, but still does not equal the amount of money the government gives to [[Planned Parenthood]], a single organization, each year.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-na-abstinence24apr24,1,5905418.story</ref><ref>http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/mmalkin/2008/mm_06041.shtml</ref> It should be noted that, while teens can benefit from abstinence-only sex ed in school, prudent parents may still want to take the precaution of informing their children of basic contraception. No matter how strong the will to resist one's physical urges, it cannot be denied that some children will inevitably give in to their desires and that they ought to know how to prevent unplanned pregnancy in this eventuality. == Sex Education in England ==In England the National Curriculum <ref>[http://www.dfes.gov.uk National Curriculum]</ref> requires all schools to offer comprehensive sex education as part of Personal, Social and Health Education, from middle junior school on, but . These classes are opt-out: All children take the lessons unless their parents may choose to not have previously requested otherwise. ==Sex Education in America== Sex education in America is dominated by [[SIECUS]] and its "cohorts" AFY and [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/1596985542/ref=rdr_ext_sb_ti_hist_2 You're Teaching My Child What?]</ref> [[Miriam Grossman]], M.D. wrote: *Modern sex ed began in the sixties. It was based on [[Alfred Kinsey]]’s model of human sexuality. Thanks to the brilliant and courageous work of Dr. [[Judith Reisman]], we now know that Kinsey was both a fraud, and a deeply disturbed individual.*For Kinsey, it was anything goes when it came to sexuality, and I mean anything. He believed, for example, that [[pedophiles]] were misunderstood, and their children attend punishments unjust.*"Sexuality is not an appetite to be curbed", Kinsey insisted. He taught that, and he lived it.*His official biography documents the beliefs on which he based his work, and his personal life: The "human animal" is [[pansexual]]. [[Traditional morality]] is destructive.<ref>[http://www.miriamgrossmanmd.com/a-brief-history-of-sex education classes-ed-part-i/ A Brief History of Sex Ed: How We Reached Today’s Madness] - [[Miriam Grossman]], M.D.</ref> ==Dogma== * that desires are "needs," to be acted upon and satisfied* that behaviors considered aberrant by society and medicine are natural, while self-restraint is not* that regular sexual behavior - with or without a committed relationship - is necessary and healthy* that any and all of these activities can be free of consequences, as long as they're "protected"<ref name=unprotected>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/1595230459/ref=rdr_ext_sb_ti_sims_1 Unprotected] - by [[Miriam Grossman]]</ref> ==Intimacy and trust==[[Miriam Grossman]] wrote, "Like it or not, hard science suggests that intimacy initiates a trusting bond." Unprotected, p.&nbsp;12<ref name=unprotected/> ==See also==* [[Parental rights]]* [[Parental rights decisions]]