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Groomer Schools 5: Comprehensive Sexuality Education

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The Pros and Cons of Sex Education

Sex education may be one of the only places that young people learn that sex should be pleasurable and not used in harmful ways. The SECA's guidelines do not include pleasure as a separate topic, although some messages related to pleasure are included. A recent study found that school based sex education that included instruction in refusal skills prior to college was protective against likelihood of experiencing sexual assault once in college. There is evidence that concerns about reductions in pleasure act as a barrier to both contraception and condom use. failing to address pleasure may have implications for sexual coercion.

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