Things ‘sex education’ misses out on

NPnews24Online (TANUSHREE PODDAR) :  With changing times, it has become necessary that we impart sex education to our teenagers and some cases, adults too. The physical and hormonal changes taking place in the person’s body make them curious to explore these changes which sometimes leads in a wrong direction.

Sex education has been given much more importance in India of late and as yet, its implementation has not found favour with the Indian policy makers. The reason behind this decision is that the content material of the sex education is too explicit and it can be embarrassing for the school teachers or the staff entrusted with the responsibility.

As this can sound improper to some as the spectre of openness about sex is evident in the media and its increasing acceptability in Indian homes.

No one can deny that unrestrained sex drive, lead to unhealthy sexual practices and that being the case, it is better to provide the necessary information about safe sex to the children. But it is extremely important to educate the masses about sex.

But there are various things missing from sex education which is important to be taught.

Consent in important
It is tremendously essential to be taught to all the masses that agreement and willingness of both partners in needed. One cannot force themselves on the partner for their pleasure.

 Sexuality is unsolidified
It is not surprising that LGBTQA is not part of sex education. In reality, sexuality isn’t just man and woman, its more than that which means there are tons of different orientations and preferences. To just name the basics, there’s heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality, and asexuality. There are even more shades than that, but even one person doesn’t have to fit forever neatly into a single category.

Difference between sexual and gender orientation
Sexual orientation is who you’re attracted to (a dude who’s attracted to only dudes generally identifies as gay—that’s his sexual orientation). Gender orientation is the gender you personally identify as. This is something which is not taught in sex education as well as many people do not know the difference.

Porn is unreal
Sex in real life is not nearly as smooth and sexy as porn portrays it to be. In reality, there’s a lot of bumping, talking, and just overall being human beings at first. Porn gives the wrong idea of sex, raising expectations to out-of-this-world standards.

Regular STD check-up is no harm
At first, it is important to clear people’s stigma around Sexually Transmitted Diseases. It does get in the way of healthy sex and self-care. STD testing is no different. They’re more common than you think, which is why testing for them is absolutely essential and should be done on a regular basis.

No shame in female sexual pleasure
Boys masturbating is obvious then why is it so shameful if a girl does it? Women are left in the dark about how to give themselves pleasure. We should be teaching girls that not only is it okay to explore their bodies but that they should be doing so! More than anything, we should be talking about shame with girls and how they don’t need to feel it.

Orgasms are not easy
We aren’t taught that orgasms for women are tremendously complex. Although there are certainly some women who can orgasm through penetration alone, for most other women it takes much more like clitoral stimulation.