HSCI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gay–Straight Alliance, Human Sexuality, Uptodate

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 120
• Professor: Carolyn Stewart

Document Summary

Sexual education: lifelong process of acquiring information about sexual behavior and forming attitudes, beliefs and values about identity, relationships and intimacy. Sieccan: sex information and education council of canada, national resource for up-to-date information on human sexuality. Everyone should have access to effective sexual health education. Comprehensive and address a range of issues to diverse populations. Sex ed teachers should be well trained and supported by their organizations. Sex ed program should be constantly evaluated and updated. Gay straight alliance club: school student clubs which are supported by teachers that work to create a safe environment for lgbt students. Young children: believe that a baby has always existed somewhere else before it got inside the mother. Children 5: asks where babies come from. Children 7 or 8: understand that a baby requires a social relationship, sexual activity and the union of a sperm and egg (may not understand that the sexual activity involves intercourse)