8.3 Understanding, Recognizing and Reducing the Risk of STIs, including HIV (Pg 80)
While this topic is generally useful, it is still lacking and not comprehensive.
Should children be taught to grapple with sexual risk or avoid sexual risk completely?
This topic is very good, mainly because it focuses on biological facts rather than promoting gender ideology.
However, children are again expected to learn how to wear a condom at the age of 9-12.
Who are they expected to have sex with? Predators should be reported, not condoned and have risks and harms “minimised” for the victim. Children are not to become targets of sexual activity.
If people are truly concerned about the lack of know-how to wear a condom, make condom companies print the instructions clearer on boxes and individual packaging.
CSE as it is isn’t truly comprehensive in a helpful way. It can be truly comprehensive and useful if it emphasises the risks of drug taking, casual sex and certain kind of unnatural intercourse (e.g. oral and anal sex) at older ages.
CSE needs to go beyond risk mitigation without encouraging the higher virtues of self-control and sexual prudence. Why teach children to take risks when they could be avoided altogether?
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1.1 Families
1.2 Friendship, Love and Romantic Relationships
1.3 Tolerance, Inclusion and Respect
1.4 Long-term Commitments and Parenting
2.1 Values and Sexuality
2.2 Human Rights and Sexuality
2.3 Culture, Society and Sexuality
3.1 The Social Construction of Gender and Gender Norms
3.2 Gender Equality, Stereotypes and Bias
3.3 Gender-based Violence
4.1 Violence
4.2 Consent, Privacy and Bodily Integrity
4.3 Safe Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
5.1 Norms and Peer Influence on Sexual Behaviour
5.2 Decision-making
5.3 Communication, Refusal and Negotiation Skills
5.4 Media Literacy and Sexuality
5.5 Finding Help and Support
6.1 Sexual and Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology
6.2 Reproduction
6.3 Puberty
6.4 Body Image
7.1 Sex, Sexuality and the Sexual Life Cycle
7.2 Sexual Behaviour and Sexual Response
8.1 Pregnancy and Pregnancy Prevention
8.2 HIV and AIDS Stigma, Treatment, Care and Support
8.3 Understanding, Recognizing and Reducing the Risk of STIs, including HIV
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