It was only last month that we posted about the results of a study indicating that sex ed should start sooner. Yet parents of high school-aged kids — the typical starting age for sex education — are still pushing back against sex-related educational materials.
It was recently reported that a California school district has agreed to temporarily shelve a ninth grade sex education textbook, Your Health Today, after parents complained it included material they deemed inappropriate for teenagers. The material considered "inappropriate" by parents — as described in a petition that was signed by more than 2,000 people asking the Fremont school board to remove it from classrooms — includes information on "sexual games, sexual fantasies, sexual bondage with handcuffs, ropes, and blindfolds, sexual toys and vibrator devices, and additional instruction that is extremely inappropriate for 13 and 14 year-old youth."
Your Health Today was initially added to the cirriculum after health teachers unanimously selected it among about a half dozen other options for sex ed materials. The district's school board then voted to adopt the book for the ninth grade classes at the six high schools in the area. Now, the district is working with the publisher to amend some of the sections that have sparked controversy.
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