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Was the Sex Education received :

Was the Sex Education received :. A effective and relevant B inadequate and irrelevant. Was the content :. A mostly heterosexual iological information B a broad sex education. ‘values are being taught that they [children] have an inalienable right to be gay’

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Was the Sex Education received :

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  1. Was the Sex Education received: A effective and relevant B inadequate and irrelevant

  2. Was the content: A mostly heterosexual iological information B a broad sex education

  3. ‘values are being taught that they [children] have an inalienable right to be gay’ (Thatcher, 1987).

  4. 1986 Education Act (no 2) & DES circular 1987 (11/87) • Removed power over sex education from LEAs and handed over to governors of schools. • Governors to consult with parents and decide what (if anything) should be taught in their schools. • ‘Family’ to be prioritised and emphasis on importance of ‘stable married life’. • Teaching should not present homosexual behaviour as the ‘norm’ or encourage homosexual experimentation by pupils. • Parents given the right to withdraw children from sex education lessons (even if they are over the age of consent).

  5. 1988: Local Government Act – Section 28 a local authority shall not: • intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality • promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship “a key cultural and symbolic event in the recent history of sexual politics” (Clyde Chitty, 1994:16)

  6. 1992: Health of the Nation White Paper (Department of Health)sets targets for reducing teenage conceptions and STIs • 1993 Education Act (Section 241) • National Curriculum: sex education reduced to biological (reproductive) aspects to be taught within science. This is compulsory for all students. • HIV AIDS and STI, and sexuality issues, excluded from National Curriculum. • 1997 – New Labour set up The Social Exclusion Unit – focus on preventing Teenage Pregnancies through Sex and Relationship Education

  7. 2000: Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) Guidance (DfEE 0116/2000). • Available at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/sreguidance/sexeducation.pdf • Sex education taught in PSHE and Citizenship. Not part of National Curriculum. • Schools need to be able to deal with homophobic bullying. • (November 2004 see Stand Up For US: Challenging Homophobia in Schools available at: http://www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk/PDF/stand_up_for_us_04.pdf) • Homosexuality should not be ‘promoted’. • Parents have a key role and the right to withdrawal children from sex education, even if they are over 16. • Secondary schools to provide education about contraception.

  8. Public Health Sex Education helps reduce ‘unwanted’ conceptions; prevents STIs; stops homophobic bullying. Inclusive Sex Education Moral Conservativism. Sex Education promotes sexual practices; threatens institutions of heterosexual marriage and family. ‘Just say no’

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