Sexual education in Romania schools

In Romania it is legal to speak about the sexual education in schools but we don’t have teachers who speak about because law does not approve. In the High Schools it is absolutely ok to exist some people who are interested in learning students about this problem. Appropriate sex education might therefore have a major role in preventing some sexual problems in adulthood.

Sex education can help to:

• prevent the spread of sexual diseases;
• prevent unwanted pregnancies;
• by preventing unwanted pregnancies, prevent unnecessary abortions;
• learning to form responsible views on own sexual behavior;
• encourage resistance to group pressure to engage in unwanted sexual activities;
• understanding the difference between male and female views on romantic relations;
• understanding that sex is part of the normal life of most adult people (at least in some stage of their life), and not something which need to be associated with feelings of shame and guilt.

Without sex education, young people will learn about sex from porn movies, which give a distorted view of sex and human relationships. It is best to start sex education as early as possible, in simple ways, and then learn more each year. In that way, the children will feel that this is just natural common knowledge, things they have "always" known.

In Romania, I mean in the High Schools there are not teachers who teach you about the sexual education. I think it would be a good idea to exist teachers to speak and teach you what to do from a young age (14-15 years old). Some schools offer no sex education, since it remains a controversial issue in several countries.

Taught properly, sexual education and development could easily become part of any other scientific course of study like Human Biology, Human Behavior, Human Anatomy or Health. More importantly, perhaps if administrators present a more dignified and academic approach to the delivery of sexual education, complete with test and grades, it may just impress upon the children that they should view sex a serious part of their human development rather than a recreational activity.

Results of recent polls have estimated that less than 7% of the population does not believe that sexual education should be a requirement in schools. This is 93% who are in favor of this subject matter as a part of the regular curriculum. However, there are pros and cons that must be considered by parents when dealing with sexual education classes that one would not have to consider with a less controversial topic such as math or reading. In general, a parent needs to be aware of his or her own family or religious beliefs and values and know their child’s intellect and maturity levels.