Sex Education Gets Public Exposure In Britain

With the widespread availability of porn on the internet, teens no longer have to rely on their parents, friends, churches, or schools to teach them about sex. However, porn only raises more questions than it answers for teens and adults. Unrealistic portrayals of sex in porn movies leaves people secretly concerned and wondering if they’re normal with nowhere to go for answers. So instead of focusing on what kind of education to promote in schools, Britain progressively rethinks sex education with hit TV show Sexperience.

Even in today’s society with open access to information about sex, which may or may not be accurate, over 30% of U.S. schools implement abstinence only education programs which emphasize abstaining from sex until marriage and do not teach about contraceptives. Yet, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, abstinence-only programs have never been shown to prevent teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

After researching effective sex education for 30 years, research scientist Douglas Kirby has found the most effective programs to prevent teen pregnancies and STDs are those that combine encouragement of abstinence with education about contraceptives and how to avoid STDs.

That is exactly what British TV show Sexperience attempts to do! Sexperience is more frank than even your most progressive school education program – they have no problem showing you real male and female anatomy instead of confusing diagrams.

Yet, at the same time, they stress it is normal to have various sexual experience and that it is normal to wait to have sex. In a clip from the episode Know More About The First Time, they show pictures of famous actors and actresses and the varying ages at which they lost their virginity. The show also gives you facts about what is and what is not real in porn, surely making thousands of people feel better about themselves.

Do you think this type of sex education is too radical for America? Is it more effective?