Sexual reproductive health goes beyond sexual activities. It includes fertility, safety, rights, information, and decision-making concerning sex matters.
In our, society where the people are self-righteous(holier than thou), the topic "Sex" is perceived as taboo. It is an avoided discussion especially when children and teenagers are involved.
This has resulted in teenage pregnancies, STIs/STDs, unsafe abortions, regrets, and worse, Death. Do children and teenagers have access to sex education/information? Are they given the proper clarity and right answers to sex-related questions? They are usually given the wrong or incomplete information and would be forced to seek satisfactory responses elsewhere. This has exposed them to predators and wrong decisions.
Sex, like a coin it has two sides; the positive and the negative sides. The negative side is what is shown to youngsters, they should be made to understand that sex is beautiful when it's safe and done by mature adults. It is the right of children/teenagers to proper sex education and information.
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Indeed, if children are taught the merits and demerits of engaging in sexual acts by parents and guardians, it would lead to a low rate of sexual misconduct by teenagers as these set of people will find it easy to open up to their parents. Sex education should be encouraged in our society. A very beautiful and explicit article by Muna Okoli.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. We will keep engaging more on sex education
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