Advocacy about honest sex education 
 
This advocacy seeks to advance liberated ideologies troubling comprehensive sexuality education, sexual abstinence, and safer sex standards; to further these ideologies; to integrate adaptable sex education into the school curriculum and its application to one's lifestyle; to normalize the conversation surrounding sex education. 
 
 As per the Department of Health's (DOH) HIV/AIDS and art database of the Philippines for January – March 2020, Metro Manila has the greatest number of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections across all areas from January to March 2020. The National Capital Region accounted for 30 percent or 852 of the 2,818 new HIV infections recorded countrywide during that time period, followed by Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) with 18 percent or 517 cases. There were 129 newly diagnosed teenagers from January to March 2020. Three were between the ages of 10 and 14, 23 were between the ages of 15 and 17, and 103 were between the ages of 18 and 19. Ninety-six percent (124) of those affected were infected through sexual contact (23 male-female sex, 76 male-male sex, and 25 had sex with both males & females). Ninety-four percent (2,658) of newly diagnosed patients were men. The average age was 28 years old (age range: 1-78 years old). At the time of diagnosis, over half of the patients (48 percent, 1,359) were 25-34 years old, and 30 percent (834) were 15-24 years old. Sex education should respect young people's access to accurate and comprehensive information while also taking into account the best practices for preventing unwanted pregnancy and STDs. 
 
 In order to assist young people speak about sex and their sexual health and make educated decisions, sex education involves teaching them facts about their bodies, sex, relationships, and sexuality. It also involves developing their communication skills. Sex education should be offered to pupils with content tailored to their developmental stage and cultural background. Information on puberty and reproduction, abstinence, birth control, condoms, partnerships, avoidance of sexual violence, body image, gender identity, and sexual orientation should all be included. It ought to be taught by qualified instructors. Importance of Honest Sex Education 
 
 
According to UNESCO, only 34% of young people worldwide know about HIV prevention and transmission. In addition, two out of three girls in several countries “have no idea what happens to them when they start menstruating.” Hence, the organization calls the educational community to action for comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). 
 
Because sexuality is a complex term, it is difficult to define. However, several experts in public health and sexology have presented a practical definition and conceptual framework to the World Health Organization (WHO): “‘Sexuality’ can be understood as a central dimension of the human being that includes the knowledge of the human body and our relationship with it; affective bonds and love; sex; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; sexual intimacy; and pleasure and reproduction. Sexuality is complex and includes biological, social, psychological, spiritual, religious, political, legal, historical, ethical and cultural dimensions that evolve throughout a lifetime.” Sex education should respect young people's access to full and accurate information while also taking into account the best practices for preventing unwanted pregnancy and STDs. Sexual growth should be viewed as normal in sex education. As they mature, young individuals must make crucial choices regarding their relationships, sexuality, and sexual activity.  
  
Sex education provides a means to reduce the growing incidence of sexual abuse and of sexually transmitted diseases. Knowledge, which differs from permission, may protect. Sex education needs to provide factual information about anatomy and physiology and sexual development and responses. Further, it must guide young people towards healthy attitudes that develop concern and respect for others. This should enable them to make sound decisions about sexual behavior based on both knowledge and understanding of their own sexual identity and interpersonal relationships. The recent research shows that teenagers exposed to sex education are no more likely to engage in sexual intercourse than are other adolescents, and those who become sexually active are more likely to use a contraceptive method at 1st intercourse and are slightly less likely to experience premarital pregnancies. The nonuse of contraceptives is related to ignorance, lack of awareness of the consequences of sexual activity, and inaccessibility of suitable services. Consequently, young people need help to learn about the risks of pregnancy, how to avoid unwanted pregnancy, and where to go for counseling and services before they become sexually active. The provision of contraceptives must be made to meet the needs of adolescents. Formal sex education should be given in schools only with parental knowledge and cooperation. Youth leaders can influence young people positively by teaching about health and hygiene and promoting responsible attitudes toward sex and religion. Doctors and nurses have a unique opportunity to provide counseling throughout their patients' lives. The Department of Health (Capet town, South Africa) has appointed 445 nurses who oversee the youth program. They give sex education at schools, teaching colleges, youth camps, and at clinics. They also provide individual and group counseling for never pregnant, pregnant, and parent adolescents and their parents and partners at 8 youth health centers and existing family planning clinics. The Family Planning Association provides sex education at schools and teaching colleges and for parent teachers association groups and youth groups as well as church leaders and business executives. It is essential to promote honest communication with regard to sexuality and reproductive health care. 
 
Their choices could have a long-term effect on their health and happiness. Young people have the right to lead healthy lives, and it is the responsibility of society to equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to make healthy decisions by providing them with comprehensive sexual health education. To help young people prevent unexpected pregnancy or disease, programs that cover abstinence and contraception are not sufficient. Education about sexual health must be more thorough. It must give young people the truthful, age-appropriate knowledge and abilities required to support them in accepting personal responsibility for their entire health and well-being. The right for young people to have healthy lives.  
 
Quality sex education includes information about sex, sexuality, relationships, contraception and condoms, and how to protect yourself and plan your future.  Sex education programs need to be informed by evidence as well as include all the information and skills young people need to make healthy decisions. Providing young people with the skills and tools to make healthy decisions about sex and relationships is far more effective than denying them information and simply telling them not to have sex. 
 
Youth activists are working to ensure that all young people get honest sex education to help protect their health and future. We want children to become more independent as they grow, so that when they are older they may make significant life decisions on their own. Because it establishes behavioral norms, fosters trust, and gives young people the knowledge, skills, and comfort to manage their sexual health throughout their lives in a deliberate, empowered, and responsible manner, the balance between responsibility and rights is crucial. But taking responsibility involves reciprocity. Young people must take full responsibility for their health and wellbeing, and society must offer them with the honest, age-appropriate information they need to live healthy lives and develop good relationships. 
 
 Sex education is crucial for preventing the health and educational problems that young people face, including teen pregnancy, school dropout, and STDs. Schools are the best location for delivering sex education programs because parents are unable to discuss sex with their teenagers at home and Every school should be required to offer sex education. For young people to prepare themselves for any physical changes and maintain their health and sanitary well-being, comprehensive sex education is essential. Parents should be aware that sex education does not advocate sexual relations. 
 
“Sex education is essential to create healthy self-knowledge and reconciliation, healthy conversation and understanding, healthy mind-sets and lifestyles.” 
― Fatima Mohammed, Higher Heels, Bigger Dreams 
 
We must push the proposal of having sex education as a part of what schools teach the children about, as sex education not only does give us knowledge about sexual health, but also helps students learn how they should treat others and themselves when engaging in intimate behavior. It will allow teens and young adults to learn more about human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex and birth control, sexual health, reproductive health, emotional relations and responsibilities, age of consent, and reproductive rights. And as we all know, knowledge is power - and disrupting the current cycle of ignorance with comprehensive sex education decreases the risks of having unsafe sex and increases responsible family planning, prevents and combats sexual abuse against children, sexual violence and sexual exploitation, and disrupts the global hegemony and paves the way for a future of autonomy, equality, and self determination for marginalized groups around the world. 

 
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3380143/