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Sex Education: A steady approach to help teens

When Otis Milburn said " We all have flaws, and our bodies do things we have no control over. But we can always control being truthful." in the famous British teen comedy series Sex Education, it struck a chord in most of us, the young adults. "Sex" has always been a topic of interest yet a forbidden discussion for generations and "sex education" has always been a controversial subject when it came to the school curriculum. Sraddha, 24, an aspiring doctor, recalls her hardships as a "tomboy" teen due to a lack of sex education. At the age of 12, she was often excluded by the girls as she had not reached menarche yet. "Girls at my school would tease me and call me a boy and I was too ashamed to talk about it or seek help. This catalysed severe body image issues and insecurities in me. ", she said. Growing up in cyberspace where adolescents are prone to quick misinformation, holistic sex education that aims to strengthen the ability of young adults to make conscious informed decisions revolving around relationships, sexuality, and emotions, is a game changer concerning their physical and mental well-being.

Sexuality Information and Education Council founded by Dr Mary Calderone in the U.S. was the stepping foundation of what we know today as an intricate curriculum of instructions relating to sexuality and risks, pioneering the safety of risk-taking unaware teenagers of today. Typically, a Sex Ed curriculum that includes emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, age of consent, reproductive health, reproductive rights, sexual health, safe sex, and birth control is known as comprehensive sex education that can be provided by guardians as well as an educational institution. Most schools have adopted abstinenceonly sex education which doesn't prove to be very helpful for youth peaking puberty. Though many parents think talking about sex with their children will encourage them to be sexually active, researchers at the University of Washington present a completely different factual scenario. According to the study based on a national survey of 1,719 teens aged 15 to 19, compared to teenagers who get abstinence-only until marriage or no formal sex education, adolescents who receive comprehensive sex education are considerably less likely to become pregnant.

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