What The Church Is Up Against: Sex Education At The Wrong Way And Time?

Author: Walter Nuñez

At about the nearing end of the previous administration, the Government through the agency of the Department of Education had been pushing real hard the plan to introduce “Sex Education” into the curriculum on primary and secondary levels.  Good thing though, the Roman Catholic Church, in particular, who guides and looks after the spiritual and moral welfare and wellbeing of its flock, had stood in the way and effectively blocked the supposed plan introduction of sex education into the said curriculum. The Church had scored a resounding moral victory when in the end after a vigorous opposition the Department of Education, had decided to shelve its plan indefinitely.

Sex education per se is not bad. There is no harm done when the intention is to educate in the right way and at the right time. Like it or not, everybody needs to be educated on something, somehow, someway – even sex education included. The Church takes no issue of sex education by itself. It is only against when it is taught in the wrong way and at the wrong time. Teaching sex education with the kind of graphic representation like showing visually how sexual intercourse is done, in front of curious, innocent and wary eyes of students in the classroom, is out of context and inappropriate insofar as the teaching and learning situation, is concerned. Teaching this kind of education on this particular level is not for the school to teach but rather the job of a sex guru. On the contrary, sex education can be equally and effectively taught without necessarily resorting to graphic and visual representation. After all, the real thing is something that comes out of instinct. No sex guru or teaching manual is required.

In educational psychology, there is such a thing as the right time to learn. According to Edward Lawrence Thorndike in his first psychological laws of learning which is the law of Readiness it states thus: no amount of effort that can force the individual to learn to begin with, if he is not yet mentally prepared and ready to take up such learning task. In this particular case, sex education at a tender young age like in the primary level is not advisable.

Reality check! Look what happen in countries where liberal sex education is the norm? What have they become? It got the worst of them. They become nothing but liberated, licentious, libertine, even promiscuous, pervert and what not? Even Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) like Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are most prevalent.

In the end, good always triumphs over evil!