Sexual Education

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This paper contends that current educational trends are lacking a comprehensive pedagogy for the complete sexual education of adolescents and some of the most important topics are overlooked completely. The paper states that in the development of a program to supplement or replace current sexual education providers in the community, many factors have to taken into consideration. These factors include what information is being provided by the other sources, the accuracy of the available information, what information is most important to the target age groups and what will best foster communication between teachers and students.

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"A primary goal of any sexual education program is to debunk potentially harmful myths about sexuality. Rape myths are among the most damaging to an adolescent's ability to develop a healthy relationship with another person and with his or her own sexuality. According to John D. Foubert, in his article "Effects of a sexual assault peer education program on men's belief in rape myths" published in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (1997), a rape myth is a "prejudicial, stereotyped, or false beliefs about rape, rape victims, and rapists," and the "endorsement of rape myths (e.g., women falsely report rape to call attention to themselves) is related to men's reported intent to rape and is higher among men who admit to rape." (Foubert 1997) Foubert's research shows that intervention lowers men's acceptance of rape myths, but within two months they return to previous acceptance levels. "This rebound effect was suggested to be due to the failure of the program to convince men of the personal relevance necessary for lasting attitude change." (Foubert 1997) Research has additionally suggested that the most effective structure for an education program dealing with rape myths is a coeducational/peer education setting."

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