Sources of information about sex

Overview

       - Access to this information is uneven throughout the country. There is a greater access in cities

       - Used to have sexual education in school to solve problems of teen pregnancy

       - Now we have it to help prevent the spread of AIDS/HIV

       - When there was resistance about sexual education it was usually from the religious groups

       - Bill C44 was created for the parents to sign to allowed to kids to participate in sexual education, it gave the parents the right to take their kids out of the class

Meeting the needs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth

        - The needs are not being met. The curriculum is blind to anything but heterosexuality

Sexual Values

       - When talking about sexual interactions it is our values that come out, when we show our values we participate in broader debates

       - This is implicated in ideology, German Ideology was Karl Marx's idea that support the dominate people are the dominate ideologies

       - We are always connected to something bigger

Canadian Guidelines for sexual Health Education

      - There are programs and websites the give information about sex that are available to everyone

Sexual Education Curriculum and Resources

      - There is a wide range of resources and in Alberta it is talked about in health class as a special unit called Sex Ed.

The training of sexual health professionals

      - Health professionals can be nurses, teachers, social workers, and psychologist

      - They usually do not have any post secondary education, anyone can be a sexual health profession and anyone can claim they are sexual health professionals without any training

      -  Under training is a common critique

      - Human sexuality courses are unevenly available in post secondary education. There are many post secondary institutions that do not offer a human sexuality course