We have failed to understand that sex education is not about having sex but more about creating awareness among our society that which is safe, and which is unsafe sex and so many other things. Being a parent have you taught your child what is good touch and what is bad touch and what are the biological changes that will occur to the child when they will grow up?

1. The Need for Sex Education in India
We NEED to understand is that ‘Sex Education’ does not prepare a child for having sex.
In India,sex isconsideredastabooand Sex Educationas a biggertaboo.But why? Issex a bad thing?
Doeshavingsex meansa bad thing?Come on guys we needto grow up. It is not a bad thing.In fact,
we all are dependeduponsex.Nosex meansnochildrenandnochildrenmeansnohuman.So,if this
topicis thisimportantthenwhydidnot we studythis as a child?Today rape can be discussedopenly
but can our mediadiscusssex asopenlyasrape?The answerisNObecause we are TOO conservative
to discuss these things in front of our parents and children.
First of all, let us understand what sex education is??
It includes the study of emotional relations, human sexuality, reproductive rights, safe sex, human
sexual anatomy, birth control, the age of consent, sexual temperance and social hygiene. These
concepts are important to teach our children, but it feels bad when even our parents and teachers
consider these as adult topics and thinkthat it should be swept under the carpet. We all know that
India’s mostly population is conservative and according to them sex educationis not necessary.But
its shame for us that even after watching dailyrape reports and child abuse news we do nothing to
prevent it. Don’t you think that sex education could have taught to that 11 years old girl who was
touched at inappropriate body places by his uncle? Don’t you think she could have protested if she
knewthatitisnot rightto letheruncle touchherthere?Buthow couldshe have learnedthese things
if nobody had taught her?
Researchers prove that India is among those countries where child abuse is rate is highest. Its high
time and we need to understand this that every single girl is molested physically or mentallyeven
before theirteenage.Teenage problemisanotherproblemthatisfaced by India.Again,our country
israted highestinteenage pregnancy.Isn’tthisourfault?Whatif we couldhave taught ourboys and
girls sex education? Would not it be different?
We have failed to understand that sex education is not about having sex but more about creating
awareness among our society that which is safe, and which is unsafe sex and so many other things.
Beinga parenthave youtaughtyourchildwhatisgoodtouch andwhat isbadtouch andwhat are the
biological changes that will occur to the child when they will grow up?
Sex educationisimportanttounderstandthe resultsof unprotectedsex like unwantedpregnancyand
STDs. It will also help our children the importance of contraceptive pills and condoms. It will make
themunderstandthatwhichistherightage tohave sex.Familyplanningisalsoapartof sex education
as it preparesthemfora healthypregnancy.Soletus askthose parents,teachers,andleadersthatis
it really bad to teach all these things to our innocent kids?
So, isn’t this time to ask our education systems to provide sex education in institutions? If the
institutionis not providing them sex education, then why can’t the parentsstart this at home? They
can open-upwiththeirchildlikeishe/shelikesomeone intheirschool andhasanyone touchedthem
at badly?Askthemwhat theythinkaboutitemnumbersthattheysee inmoviesandwhatemotional
difficultiestheyare facing.You will be shockedwhentheywill startspeakingandtell youeverything.
So think it as your fundamental duty and teach your child and others also.