Sexuality education in Russian schools is necessary, however, the program must be literate, and it is necessary to involve specialists in its submission. Experts came to this conclusion at a briefing at the press center of the Media Group “patriot”.
disputes “for” and “against” the introduction of sexuality education has escalated in recent days, when the confession of the Canadian Robert Hoogland sounded to the whole world. British court ruled, that his 14-year-old daughter can take testosterone for gender reassignment regardless of parental consent. Rob fiercely protested this decision., Expressing, that his daughter was injected with male hormones “destroy and sterilize”. The court announced, that parents are now obliged to treat their daughter like a man.
Interview to journalists, which on this occasion gave Hoogland, only made the judge angry. Themis' new decision reads: if the parents are caught treating the child like a girl, the police have the power to arrest them without a court order. In fact, Hoogland was deprived of the opportunity to not only influence the child's life, but also publicly protest against court decisions.
“I myself have become a victim of the so-called “sex education”, when I was in school in Finland, – told the representative of RISS in the Nordic countries, Doctor of Social and Political Sciences, Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociology of Law Johan Beckmann. - We were taught this at the age of 11 already in the 1970s. These lessons were humiliating and unpleasant, they will be remembered for a lifetime. And many countries are on the liberal path, increasingly promoting homosexuality and rejecting traditional values.
It's terror against children - it's gotten to that, that Western Europe denies the concept “mum” and “dad”, accustoming the population “number” parents. I believe, that this is a form of violence against children. And we see violence against parents in the example of the Canadian Hoogland - he is by no means isolated. That is, anti-family and anti-child propaganda has become a common ideology.”.
Sex education does not solve the stated problems
Sex education programs exist around the world. In the Netherlands, children receive the first knowledge on this subject already in 4-7 years in biology course. In the UK, such classes are voluntary., in Germany, conversely, required. Pedantic Germans from the first grade of school tell children about gender differences, abortions, sexually transmitted diseases, sex and contraception. There are tests and exams in this subject..
“The question of sexuality education is very subtle, – notes the psychiatrist Alexey Fokin. - And you can't speak, that as soon as we introduce sex education in schools, the incidence of HIV will sharply decrease, hepatitis and other sexually transmitted infections. World practice shows, that such programs in the West and in Africa over the past 20 years did not lead to this. Although it is under this dressing that the introduction of such lessons is promoted. In the same Britain, the incidence is only growing..
Age is also extremely important., when the basics of sex education are explained to a person. If you do this, when the tender psyche of the child is not yet ready, you can inflict psychological trauma on him for life. Relatively speaking, here we will compare the effect of hitting with a hammer on crystal and iron - the same difference will be for the child's consciousness, if you teach him knowledge about sex in 11 and 15 years. The stability of the psyche is already radically different”.
“In the sex education system, knowledge about sex occupies only one of the eight or nine components, – considers Ravil Nazyrov, Doctor of Medical Sciences, psychotherapist, director of IPMP im. B. D. Karvasarsky, expert of the Scientific Council of the Ministry of Health of Russia, expert and board member of the National Medical Chamber. – Among others, respect for the partner, joint farming, choice of a partner for life in general. You need to start such education with an explanation, what is friendship, then move on to more complex questions. Sexologists should join the program, psychologists, experienced teachers”.
The state is in no hurry to discuss sex education
Sex education in France has been part of the school curriculum for over forty years. AT 8-9 classes, the school allocates for this subject 40 hours and places special emphasis on contraception and respect for the partner. In the USA, there are two types of sex education teaching in schools - “full” and “limited by abstinence”. the, what program will the child end up with, depends on the state, like a school and even a principal. In the case of full sex education, a child with 3 by 10 the class will receive information about gender differences, pregnancy, childbirth, contraception, diseases of the genital area, sexual orientation, violence.
“Upbringing is primarily about traditional family values, – summarizes the head of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Leningrad Regional Institute for the Development of Education Inna Vasyutenkova. - And it is very important to create conditions, when the school interacts with the family, so that the values inherent in our society are effectively transmitted to the new generation. Moreover, most experts recognize the crisis of the family, including in Russia.
The introduction of a special sex education course into the curriculum is not currently being discussed at the level of the Ministry of Education. This is not provided for in the framework of the correction of methods of teaching biology - in any case, over the past two years, pedagogical councils have not discussed this.
On the other hand, child safety issues are actively discussed. This is one of the key topics of education. Within its framework, one can raise certain aspects of sex education - psychological safety, territory without violence or respect for a partner. Besides, separate educational programs can be created on the basis of agreements between school principals and parents”.
Max Boot
