Ana, a great admirer of Rosalía
Ana, 9 years old, is a big fan of Rosalía and follows all her songs with devotion. One day she overheard some friends at school talking about her new song called Hentai. Intrigued by the title and excited to hear something new from her idol, she anxiously waited to get home to pick it up.
Search online
As soon as she got home, Ana sat down in front of the computer and typed “Hentai Rosalía” into the Google search engine. Pressing enter filled the screen with results and without paying much attention he clicked on the first link that seemed to lead to a music website.
Surprisingly, instead of finding the song he was looking for, he found a series of links to pages with pornographic content. Ana was petrified when she saw the images and felt uncomfortable and didn’t know what to do. I didn’t understand why I was watching this when I just wanted to hear Rosalía’s new song.
The importance of comprehensive sexual education
Ana’s example is just one of the many ways in which children and teenagers can find content that is not suitable for their age or level of maturity. The combination of the internet and mobile devices exposes them to a large amount of information that is difficult to control and manage.
For this reason, one of the best ways to combat this situation is through comprehensive sex education in schools. Sexuality education not only provides information on anatomical issues and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, but also teaches children and adolescents to know themselves, to accept themselves and to make informed and healthy decisions about their sexuality and their relationships.
A tool to get to know each other
Sexual education prepares us from childhood in the construction of our personality, establishes the foundations of good self-esteem and teaches us to maintain positive relationships of affection.
Sex education goes far beyond the mere transmission of information. It gives us the tools we need to know ourselves, accept ourselves, and make informed and healthy decisions about our sexuality and our relationships. It is a crucial issue for our well-being and personal development.
Prevention of sexual violence
Sexuality education also plays an important role in the prevention of gender-based violence and sexual violence. By teaching issues such as empathy, consent, emotional responsibility and respect for different sexual orientations and gender expressions, we are contributing to creating a culture of respect in interpersonal relationships.
Research has shown that receiving sex education does not make people more likely to have sex, but it does increase the odds of having safer sex and greatly prevents participation in unpleasant practices.
The situation in Spain
In Spain, sexual education is a transversal subject in the curriculum, but there is no specific space reserved for this subject. Although there are sexuality education standards for Europe, the situations between countries are different and there are gaps in the development of sexuality education policies.
It is important to address this issue and ensure comprehensive sex education in schools to protect children and adolescents from inappropriate content and to promote healthy and respectful relationships.
Conclusion
Comprehensive sex education is a fundamental tool for the well-being of children and adolescents. It helps us to know ourselves, prevent sexual violence and make informed and healthy decisions about our sexuality and our relationships. It is important that comprehensive sex education is promoted in schools to protect children and adolescents from inappropriate content and to encourage healthy and respectful relationships.
