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By: Claudia Orozco
In the last article, we were talking about who is to teach SexEd and who is supposed to receive that education. We came up with different interesting questions about the topic. The conclusion was opened to the discussion on the requisites a SexEd teacher should cover (knowing information + knowing how to teach it + living it). Something was very clear, teachers represent authority and the reason for teaching is to help people become better human beings.
Now, another question is being raised. Why to teach SexEd? This question could be answer from 3 different perspectives according to the meaning of “sexuality” that society has.
If we understand sexuality as the mere act of intercourse, then doctors should be the most appropriate people to teach SexEd since they could teach us how to prevent any Sexual Transmitted Disease (STD) or premature pregnancies.
If we see sexuality as an act of nature, then the best teacher would be nature itself and the appropriate time in which each of us learns about sexual issues. Why to actually “teach” it if it will “naturally” come?
If we go further and comprehend that sexuality is more than its biological frame, then we could see the components of sexuality. According to the Holonic Model of Eusebio Rubio, there are 4 components of sexuality: 1) Gender (what differenciates women from men), 2) Reproductivity (the capacity of taking care of the others), 3) Emotional Bonds (the linkage we do with people we care), 4) Eroticism (what we like and dislike in our skin). Understanding that sexuality encircles all our life, and that we are sexual beings from the very moment of our conception, then it SHOULD be addressed as a matter of education.
"The education system is in many ways a mirror of the society". If we want to have a fair society that takes care of all its people, who protects and empowers the little ones, who teaches values and principles of justice and equity based upon love… THEN SexEd SHOULD be taught.
Now, knowing what to teach raises another inquiry, or rather several inquiries… If we want to teach SexEd within a society that is completely sexualized and that uses sexuality to does wholesale, then it’s hard decide what to include (or not) in the SexEd curriculum, right?
We are to discuss more about this issue in the next article! Until then.
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