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概述 |
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性教育與生殖知識
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“鮮花、飛鳥和蜜蜂”：不充分性教育之諺語
“The
flowers,
the
birds,
and
the
bees”:
Proverbial
for
inadequate
sex
education.
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我們的公共政策正在將性與生殖的區別對待納入了議事日程。有一個很好的例子是性知識官方手冊。最慣常的性教育決不再是生殖知識教育。過去，當教師們告訴學生們有關稱之為生命的事實的時候，他們很少離題去討論孩子是如何懷上的，而且也幾乎從來不解釋如何能夠避免懷孕。大多數人簡單地認為如何懷孕和如何避免懷孕的知識傳播將會導致普遍的道德墮落。然而在今天，越來越多的人意識到反對青年人獲取這些知識則可能是不道德的。確實，人口過剩的威脅已經迫使世界各國政府逆轉其道德立場，進而把性與生殖以分離的方式對其公民進行宣傳。在大多數國家，現在有公立的和私人的機構致力於通過書籍、電影、手冊、廣告以及個人諮詢普及避孕知識。同時，越來越多的男女公正地要求在無社會干預之下，完全自主地控制自己的生殖活動。 |
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Introduction |
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Sex
Education and Reproduction Information
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Our public policies are beginning to take the separation of sex and reproduction into account. A good example is the official handling of sexual knowledge.
Most traditional sex education was never more than reproduction information. When teachers talked to their students about the so-called facts of life, they rarely went beyond a discussion of how babies are conceived, and they almost never explained how conceptions can be avoided. Most people simply assumed that the spread of such knowledge would lead to general immorality. Today, however, there is a growing recognition that it may be immoral to deny young people this knowledge. Indeed, the threat of overpopulation has forced many governments in various parts of the world to reverse their moral positions and to propagate the separation of sex and reproduction for all of their citizens. In most countries, there are now public and private agencies which distribute contraception information in books, films, pamphlets, advertisements, and through personal counseling. At the same time, an increasing number of men and women demand full control over their own reproductive lives without any interference from society. |
