Even though sex outside the marriage has been getting common in many countries, it seems like sex education is still not well organized yet in some of the countries. I wonder where young people get the right information about sex. Well, sex education should be for the better because that would absolutely prevent unexpected pregnancy and disease.
We had group presentation about sex education and teen pregnancy in one of the classes the other day. During the presentation, one of the students asked me "What's the difference of sex education between Japanese and America?" As a Japanese who is living and studying in America, I have two perspectives, Japanese and American. I usually use both of the lens when I think about something. However, I could not come up with any idea of Japanese sex education at that moment.
I remember that my class room teacher talked about the period for girls when I was in elementary school. However, we did not have opportunities to talk about sex or sexuality that much. I realized that America is more open about talking about those things since I came here. Now, I consider that we have the right to know about it as human being.
It was very nice opportunity that I was able to participate one of the women's studies event called "I Love Female Orgasm". That gave audience to talk and share about sex openly. I believe that this is very important because that gives us chance to share the right information. We should not be shy about it because I realized that it is part of our lives as human being.
I hope more countries will openly have better sex education, so young people would know the right information and that prevents unexpected pregnancy and disease, too. We just have to know we have the right to know it.
It's interesting to get a perspective about sex education from somewhere other than America. For most people living in America, the amount of sex education seems very minimal. You don't really realize how openly talked about sexuality is here in America, but when comparing it to other countries the difference becomes apparent. Although I do feel the the United States tends to be more open and willing to talk about sex education, I also think there could be much more done to educate our youth. I agree with you that it is every humans right to know about these things, and there is no reason we should not be teaching them openly in order to prevent unplanned pregnancies as well as the spread of disease.
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