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Yes to diversity and sex positivity!

Skeiv Youth calls for a teacher education that provides competence and security to those who are to provide sex education. 




(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)

Today's sex education is too poor, there is a great consensus among large sections of the population, and especially youth. This is a conversation that has been going on for years – without any real change. Now it is several years since I went to school, but in the face of today's school youth we see little improvement.

Let's talk about some of the missing things:

1. Consent: We need a sex education that has a consistent focus on consent, real and active consentthat all parties come up with an active and enthusiastic YES. Today's sexual education focuses on consent, but often only in the form of "no means no", but you also need to look at other ways in which both an active yes and a no can be expressed. Sex is just sex if everyone actively consents.

2. Diversity: Sex is so much more than "penis in the vagina", and people have different definitions of what sex is. Sexual diversity, both in terms of sexuality orientering and sexual practices, are also poorly illustrated. Sex can be, but must not be: penetration, oral sex, BDSM, fingering, handjobs, jerking off. Sex is what you think is sex, not how society, your teacher, your partner, or anyone else defines sex.

Sex is what you think is sex, not what others define as sex.

3. enjoyment: Why is it almost never about sexual pleasure? Sexual education is often incredibly clinical, focusing on illnesses, pregnancy and anatomy. All this is important, but can also create a strained relationship with both sex and body, when we also know that sex can be incredibly nice and rewarding for many of us. A positive view of sex is essential for a good teaching.

New curriculum

We need a balanced sex education that talks about both the positive and negative aspects of sex, so people can make informed choices about how to take care of themselves and any partners. To achieve this, we also need teachers who can thrive as intermediaries even when it comes to sex education. No one gets a good sex education from a teacher who is clearly stressed or lacking skills.

Yes to better curricula, but not least yes to a teacher education and further education that prepares future and existing teachers for this part of the job too!

ask@skeivungdom.no
ask@skeivungdom.no
Berglund is the political deputy leader of Skeiv Ungdom.

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