HKIN 426 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Sexual Orientation, Lean Body Mass, 18 Months
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Health ed notes weeks of november 23 and 30. Canadian parents" opinion: more than 90% want sexual health education in schools. Less than 75% recognize and respect the different moral beliefs exist. Controversial issue how to vs. human expression, human need or every- day existence : contraceptives and safe sex. Feelings in teachers that range from mild embarrassment to profound appre- hension; why: battle between restrictive and permissive ideologies. Learning about sexuality is a life long process: we learn about sex from: ourselves (experimenting), friends, family, schools, religion, media, etc. Sex (as a verb) refers to genital behaviours. Sexuality refers to one"s total sense of self as a sexual being. Please discuss this question briefly with at least one male and one female in this class (feel free to move!) Girls and boys grow up to inhabit two different gender cultures with quite different languages and different ways for interpreting and responding to sit- uations.
