"The importance of sex education among young adults"

WHAT IS MEANT BY SEXUAL EDUCATION?

                 Learning and teaching about the various topics related to sex and sexuality, taking a look at values and beliefs about those topics, and gaining the necessary skills that are needed to continue relationships and manage one’s own sexual health which matters the most is known as sexual Education. It teaches people to make healthy and respectful choices. People May think that sexual education encourages everyone to have sex but that isn’t true. The awareness among youth about sexual education is compulsory in this modern era, where most of the youth have Misunderstood the word "Sex". Technical developments during the past centuries have triggered the need for quality sexual education, which can help young people to handle their Sexuality in a safe manner.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF SEXUALITY EDUCATION?

• Sexual education which is delivered safely can have a positive effect on the health and well-being of young people. 
• It increases confidence and strengthens the skills need to deal with different challenges. 
• Empower young people to develop meaningful and stronger relationships. 
• Most of the young women have a low level of control in their sexual relationships. Young men, on the other hand, may feel pressured by their peers to act according to male sexual stereotypes and encourage them to engage in harmful behaviors. but providing sex education can control such effects. 
• Positively impact on the attitudes and can balance the power dynamics in intimate relationships, which prevent the sexual abuses and fosters mutual respect between each other.

FACTS ABOUT SEXUALITY EDUCATION

              Good Sex education never lead young people to have sex earlier than is expected, it allows them to be more responsible in sexual behavior. Good Quality Sex education never deprive children of their “innocence”. Providing Scientifically accurate and age-appropriate Information on sexuality to children and young adults can benefit them in many ways. 

                            Having an open attitude towards sexuality toughen pedophiles to Sexually abuse children. Also, when children and teenagers learn about equality and respect in relationships, they are becoming able to differentiate and recognize abusive persons and situations. Sexuality education does not become a damaging factor to adolescents. It covers a range of topics that are tailored according to their age and developmental level. We Call it as age-appropriateness. 

                            Lastly, Parents play an important role in providing sex education but majority of them feel uncomfortable to teach it themselves. When teenagers search about these topics in internet it does not give them the right knowledge on sexual education and highly prone to be misguided by internet as they have unlimited access to knowledge via internet. They might think what internet preaches on sexual education might be true, where parts of information on sex might drive them to take wrong decisions. So, Teaching the teenagers and children about the various topics on sexual education should be made Mandatory.