In listing the most relevant resources I gathered at the WAS conference on the subject of sexual and reproductive health SRH in the context of Mexico, here I will outline a brief history of the country's sex education. My own thoughts are in parentheses. Opponents to Sex Education Sexual education in Mexico has always generated conflicting reactions. They created a school designed to educate adults who could not move to the cities to study.
The institution provided workshops and courses about the prevention of sexually transmitted infections, childcare, and care during pregnancy. This knowledge belongs in regular and upper level primary schools as well as secondary schools, as long as women acquire or have acquired the power to understand. They translated and distributed Margaret Sanger's work, Family Limitation. The Start of Eugenics Francis Galton created eugenics in the mids. On July 15, the counsel passed the first Sanitary Code of the country.
In this position, one of the main goals was to make Mexican schools comply with secularism, especially primary education. In other words, this was the eradication of religious education in Mexico. Although the paper was very intriguing, it also confused me. This research demonstrates the evolution of Mexican sex education, while my peers claim nothing has been done. According to everyone I have spoken to in the last three months, there is still no widespread comprehensive sex education.
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November 10, General Post. Opponents to Sex Education. Elvia and Felipe Carrillo Puerto. The Start of Eugenics. Secularizing Schools. Download View PDF. Sex Education. View More From this Author:. Hildegard Luijten Hildegard Luijten. Great point. I will be sure to add a reflection section. Thank you Irene! Irene Fabricci Irene Fabricci. This is super interesting Hildegard! So great that you had the chance to join the conference, but what parallels and connections could you draw between what you learned at the conference and what you learned about sexual education when talking with people and during the project you participated in with your professor?
