A synergy of sex education

For some odd reason this last week has brought into my awareness the topic of sex education on a global scale. It seems to be lacking in many countries. An article about sex education in Australia points up the issue of girls dealing boys who are getting their sexual information from porn which is so easily on line and features rough sex and many more extremes than normal. But this skewed perspective, coupled with brain development where the ability to understand that is not yet there, has left the girls being told that they should be participating in activities like oral and anal sex or use bondage to find sexual gratification. Boys are also getting these messages.
A radio story about the change in Ontario's sex ed program as well as the state of sex education in places like South Africa and India with all the protests from parents and others, has me realizing that education needs to start with the parents.

If parents want to control what their children learn about their sexuality they need to learn what kids know and what they think they know.
For several years now I have joked about my husband's magic box. His tablet is always handy to answer any question he has: Who was that actor? When did JFK have his first child? What goes into hummus? What is the elevation of Reno, Nevada?
What I have become more aware of is that this same source is available to our youth who have questions. Especially questions they are ashamed of asking, or maybe they just have no clue who to ask. So when our youth go to the internet to find answers it should come as no surprise.

I also had an opportunity to witness a sex education program being delivered in our school system.
The lack of real information was appalling. Instead they were told they should abstain from sex and they were encouraged to keep themselves in ignorance so that when they got married they would not question anything they experienced with their partner.
All these pieces have begun to coalesce for me, so I am starting this blog to begin exploring ways to help parents learn and educate themselves about sex education.