Ohio Requirements for Sex Ed as of 2016
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures website, “The board of education is required to include sexually transmitted infection prevention education, HIV/AIDS prevention education, within the prescribed curriculum for all schools. Prescribes that instruction shall stress abstinence, but shall not exclude other instruction and materials on contraceptive methods and infection reduction measures, and that instruction shall be medically accurate and age-appropriate. Requires each school district to notify the parent or guardian of each pupil about instruction in comprehensive sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention education. Allows for the excusal from any such class if the school has received a written request from the student’s parent or guardian.” -Hannah
About the Video
This video was made in 2015 on the discussion of Sexual Education and the lack thereof in many states in America. It is a satirical discussion on the pitfalls of American education of sexuality to students who have questions that need answering. It poses a call to action for better and more universal sexual education and stresses the damage that Abstinence-only education can do to youth, especially for those programs that do not include what consent looks like and how to recognize and accept the decisions of both men and women. It emphasizes the issues of many sexual education programs placing the responsibility on women and young girls to make it clear to guys what is and is not wanted in a physical relationship, but that these programs often do not teach young men and boys to respect the decisions of women, to help them know what positive, enthusiastic consent looks like.