Sex Ed in the City!
Sex is somewhat a foreign and non-conservative term in the Philippines. Its introduction through Sex Education in the Philippine curriculum has gathered thousands of criticisms from all walks of life.
Ultra conservative groups say that it will just open the youth’s mind to immoral acts and thus negating its objective of making the youth aware of the dangers of engaging in such activities. Furthermore, they believe that the youth’s parents are still the most qualified person who can teach everything about sex.
In contrast, some open-minded and more radical groups insist that the Department of Education (DepEd) is right in its stand that the introduction of sex education will be for the betterment of the status of morality of the country. As they say, people tend to get involved in activities such as sex because they are innocent and curious about it. Thus, informing the youth about sex will decrease their involvement in such activities.
To further strengthen the stand of DepEd, Catholic schools have reportedly supported the inclusion of sex education in their curriculum.
Catholic schools, as we all know, have high standards of morality in their educational system. Students from such schools are found to be morally upright and are more conservative than most of the students from non-catholic schools.
Now, if sex education is introduced in their curriculum does it mean that the standard of morality in these schools will go down?
I don’t think so. Instead of a decrease in the morality standard, it will rather increase because the school administration will have a greater responsibility over the students. However, this situation may not apply to non-catholic schools because some schools do not necessarily guard their morality standard but rather they guard those that will go into their pockets.
Sex is somewhat a foreign and non-conservative term in the Philippines. Its introduction through Sex Education in the Philippine curriculum has gathered thousands of criticisms from all walks of life.
Ultra conservative groups say that it will just open the youth’s mind to immoral acts and thus negating its objective of making the youth aware of the dangers of engaging in such activities. Furthermore, they believe that the youth’s parents are still the most qualified person who can teach everything about sex.
In contrast, some open-minded and more radical groups insist that the Department of Education (DepEd) is right in its stand that the introduction of sex education will be for the betterment of the status of morality of the country. As they say, people tend to get involved in activities such as sex because they are innocent and curious about it. Thus, informing the youth about sex will decrease their involvement in such activities.
To further strengthen the stand of DepEd, Catholic schools have reportedly supported the inclusion of sex education in their curriculum.
Catholic schools, as we all know, have high standards of morality in their educational system. Students from such schools are found to be morally upright and are more conservative than most of the students from non-catholic schools.
Now, if sex education is introduced in their curriculum does it mean that the standard of morality in these schools will go down?
I don’t think so. Instead of a decrease in the morality standard, it will rather increase because the school administration will have a greater responsibility over the students. However, this situation may not apply to non-catholic schools because some schools do not necessarily guard their morality standard but rather they guard those that will go into their pockets.
posted by feelingpunny @ 5:38 AM
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