Does Abstinence-Only Sex Education Work?

[bcdphie]

I attended a private, all girls school and we began sex education in Grade 5. Every year from grade 5 through to about grade 8 or 9 we had a mother-daughter evening where a local nurse who specialized in Sex Ed came to talk to us about everything. They did push abstinence as the best thing to do, but not the only thing. It was important to let us know about all available forms of birth control, etc.


In BC, the science 9 provincial curriculum includes a unit on the human reproductive system - so you really got to learn everything.

I personally am somewhat of an anomely when it comes to SexEd, however. My brother is almost 6 years younger than me and at the age of 5 you couldn't tell me that some stork was going to show up at the house. I started to learn everything at the age of 5, and nothing sugar coated either as my parents are open and scientific about everything, especially when it comes to the human body.

So to recap, it is important to be told everything, and not rely on abstinence alone.