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Rasmussen (2010, p. 121) discusses how morality in multicultural societies is inherently conflicted – posing the question of “whose morality should be reflected in the curriculum”.   Whilst many people against progressive sexual education are parents looking out for their children, the best way to keep youth safe is through informing them. Without comprehensive education on sexuality and relationships, media fills the whole of how young people’s views are shaped. The need for

Modern technology has allowed young people to have their values and knowledge heavily influenced by the media they consume. I first watched Netflix’s Sex Education  (2019) at 15-years-old, and consequently a large part of my knowledge came from that series. But is that necessarily a bad thing? Despite constant debates on how misinformation permeates media, and the dramatization of television, I believe that there is a substantial amount this series got right. From proving the

Internationally, sexual education has brought about conflicts, resulting from society’s “anxieties about adolescent sexuality” (Gibson 2007, p. 239). In 2003, Gibson worked as the manager of South Australia’s “sexual health and relationships project (SHARE)” and had a prominent role in countering protests created by those who opposed the project. Campaigns ran by Christian Rights groups purposely instigated panic, through overexaggerations such as falsely saying the curriculu