Sex Education and the Roles of School and Church

Mary S. Calderone
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Mary S. Calderone: Sex Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1968, vol. 376, issue 1, 53-60

Abstract: When sex education is properly recognized for what it is, a birth to death continuum, the increase of aware ness of and involvement in it as a process, on the part of society's institutions, school and church, is striking in recent years. This involvement is looked upon as complementary and supplementary to the role of the family, and is being recognized as requiring didactic and pedagogic preparation. Thus, the number of schools, public, private, and parochial, engaged in developing sex education programs is increasing daily, as are teacher-training programs in institutions of higher learning. Movement away from emphasis on details of reproduction and into the area of the dynamics of male- female roles and relationships has been spearheaded by the major religious communions, which can be expected to con tinue and expand their leadership roles at both national and community levels. Other professional disciplines, especially in medicine, are also studying their roles in education for sexuality.

Date: 1968
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