Human Sexuality In Secondary Schools

The population of Trinidad and Tobago have been debating the introduction of Human Sexuality in the curriculum in secondary schools for many years. Human Sexuality is defined as “The ways in which people experience and express themselves as sexual beings; the awareness of themselves as males or females; the capacity they have for erotic experiences and responses” (Farlix, 2015). The situation is still unresolved as individuals have mixed philosophies about whether Human Sexuality should be taught in secondary schools. However I have come to agree that Human Sexuality should be taught in secondary schools because there are numerous reasons that will help the student population to better understand the risk and responsible of engaging in sexually activities. The fact that

It will improve the level of understand that students have and help them become wiser individuals.

A good sex education includes explaining about the reproductive health system as it provides better understanding about the value of safe sex and prevention of unwanted pregnancy. Likewise, one can also better understand about the danger of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and their prevention.

(Evelyn De Matias, November 19th, 2010. Made Man Gentleman Welcome. Para 2)

Hopefully stopping negative outcomes. Sex education gives students the tools that they need to prevent life altering negative outcomes such as unwanted pregnancy, STD’s and STI’s. Like everything in life, introducing Human Sexuality in the secondary school curriculum has its undesirable impacts as well. Students may become sexually active at an earlier age due to the amount of information hand down to them and how curious they are. They may not have heard about sex or been interested in sex before and you will introduce them to it.

Some kids think having sex proves they are mature, since they are told that they need to be mature to have