TITLE

SEX EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOLS

AUTHOR(S)

Zachry, Caroline B.

PUB. DATE

April 1941

SOURCE

Education Digest;Apr1941, Vol. 6 Issue 8, p25

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

This article focuses on sex education in schools. One generalization that can be made is that sex should never be taught as a subject by itself. It is a part of the rest of life and should be approached in the curriculum through ordinary situations in which sex questions naturally arise. Sex education includes helping the adolescent with his attitude toward his own body. The fear of the adolescent that his own sex development is not normal, that he will not be physically attractive to the opposite sex, is so universal that it should be regarded as a normal fear.

ACCESSION #

19021472

Tags: SEX education;  EDUCATION;  TEENAGERS;  HUMAN sexuality;  FEAR

 

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