星期二, 十一月 10, 2009

英国政府修订父母不接受孩子在校接受性教育的年龄

Children under 15 can be withdrawn from sex education

Parents will be able to withdraw their children from the new, compulsory sex education lessons up to the age of 15.

A teacher giving a sex education lesson to pupils at Ivy Bank School, Burnley

A teacher giving a sex education lesson to pupils at Ivy Bank School, Burnley. Photograph: Don McPhee


Parents will have the right to withdraw children up to the age of 15 from sex education classes even though the subject is being made compulsory in primary and secondary schools, the government said today.

From September 2011, the law will change to make it compulsory for all young people in England to learn about sex between the ages of 15 and 16, even if their parents object. Parents currently have the right to withdraw their children from sex education classes up until the age of 19.

All schools will have to teach personal, social, health and economic education to pupils from the age of five. This will mean that faith schools will be forced to teach about homosexuality, civil partnerships, divorce and abortion. Five-year-olds will learn about different kinds of relationships, how to manage their emotions and the physical changes to their bodies in childhood.

Until now, schools have had to teach only the fundamentals of reproduction, contraception and puberty in science lessons.

Under the new law, parents who wish to exclude children from sex education will be allowed to do so if the children are 15 or under. The government said that 0.04% of pupils were thought to be withdrawn from sex education classes, usually on religious grounds.

Safer-sex campaigners predicted that the change in the law would help to tackle Britain's teenage pregnancy rate, which is one of the highest in Europe.

Simon Blake, national director of Brook, which provides advice on sexual health for under-25s, said: "Every day we see young people whose education about relationships and sex has not been good enough." He said "good-quality" sex education guaranteed through a statutory curriculum "is long overdue and will make a huge difference to young people".

Gill Frances, chair of the Teenage Pregnancy Advisory Group, said: "We believe this is the biggest single step that can reduce teenage pregnancy rates. Evidence shows that sex and relationships education help young people to delay early sex and make healthy choices when they eventually do become sexually active."

Julie Bentley, chief executive of the Family Planning Association charity, said: "This is a sensible and responsible decision that will have a profoundly positive impact on the sexual health and well-being of all our young people for generations to come. The government must be congratulated for taking this bold step."

Starting sex education in primary school would lead to children being "gently introduced to some very simple facts so they'll be ready to learn about complicated issues like puberty, relationships, sex and looking after themselves when they're older," she said.

Teachers in religious schools will still be free to tell pupils that sex outside marriage, homosexuality or using contraception are wrong, because the legislation will include a clause allowing schools to apply their "values" and "ethos" to lessons.

Faith schools will be allowed to deliver the lessons in line with the "context, values and ethos" of their religion, the legislation will say.

A spokesman from the the Catholic Education Service for England and Wales said PSHE was "vital". He said: "It enables factual information from reliable sources to be communicated and misinformation from peers or street culture or exploitation to be avoided. While disappointed that legal encumbrances mean that a blanket right of withdrawal can no longer apply, we are pleased that the government has recognised that the right of withdrawal in formative years is most critical and is therefore providing for the ability of parents to opt out of SRE up to the age of 15.

"We will continue to firmly uphold the position that parental rights remain vital, particularly but not exclusively in those most formative and critical years up until the age of 15. As age and growing independence brings young people ever closer to pressures, advertising and coercion to behaviour that can undermine the healthy life of young people, we are comforted in the knowledge that our schools and colleges will do an exceptional job in providing sex and relationships education, set within the teachings of the Catholic Church."

Ed Balls, the schools secretary, said: "Every young person will receive at least one year of sex and relationship education before their 16th birthday. The issues that personal, social, health and economic education cover are all central to children and young people's well-being and to their healthy development as they grow up."

The legislation comes after a government-commissioned review by Sir Alasdair Macdonald, headteacher of Morpeth school in east London, on how to make PSHE compulsory, which finished last summer. This found that sex education was patchy, given insufficient attention by some schools and failed to meet young people's needs.

The review was followed by a government-commissioned poll of 1,791 adults and 1,661 parents into whether all pupils should be taught about sex, and consultations with faith groups. A fifth of the parents said parents should never be able to withdraw their children from sex education lessons, whatever age the children were. A third said parents should be allowed to exclude their children from sex education classes if they were aged 11 or under.

As part of the legislation, children will also be taught about drugs and alcohol, how to tackle cyber-bullying, resist pressure to join gangs and manage their bank accounts.

星期六, 十月 31, 2009

第一届世界华人性学家协会(WACS)研讨会














大马代表(我和邱志强)与大会副召集人林燕卿所长合影。














大会司仪:宋素卿(左)、李珣(右)














美国性治疗师:William A. Granzig(左一)










古代缠小脚模型














这两位是从日本订制的人体模型,可成为男人的性伴侣。
除了没有体温和声音外,其它所想的,没有什么不同,
脸蛋外表还可依个人喜好制定。
当然,价钱不便宜,大概马币4-5位数!































今年8月14至17日,
到了台湾高雄树德科技大学参加"第一届世界华人性学家协会研讨会"。

此研讨会内容丰富,
拍了很多照片,
但基于尊重他人的智慧财产,
在这里只能放上几张。

星期三, 十月 14, 2009

挑战你性态度的一个网站

今天发现了一个新网站"结婚为何"
http://cn.nuangle.net/marry/
解读婚姻实质,探讨性关系、性道德、爱情、嫉妒的内涵, 寻求更符合人性的男女关系新模式

相信这个网站内容并不是每个人都能苟同
但是我个人还蛮能接受这样不同的论调
因为"性"最高的原则
就是"顺其自然、尊重选择"

星期三, 九月 16, 2009

我当选了理事长

2009年9月5日星期六,
这一天是马来西亚未来的性学 / 性教育推广很重要的一天,
台湾性学会(马来西亚分会)正式成立。

会以台湾性学会为首来成立分会,
主要是我们这第一批32个会员,
都是受过台湾树德科技大学人类性学研究所的性教育专业课程培训,
并获得台湾性学会所颁发的性教育师资证书。

我们才起步,
未来还需要很多台湾方面的资源和支援,
于是大家才决定成立分会,
而不是另起炉灶。

当天,我们很荣幸有总会名誉理事长林燕卿教授的出席,
并赠送给我们分会代表着传承的牛角印章。

这一天也是我新角色的开始,
因为,
我当选了第一届(2009-2011)年的理事长。

我们理事会共有9名,
其中两名理事当天无法出席,
所以照片上就没有出现那两位理事了。

一年没有新文章了

刚才看回自己的部落格,
发现已经1年多没有任何的动作,
是时候提醒自己别忘了当初设置这个部落格的动机。

其实这一年来都有在写文章,
主要还是 I FEEL 杂志的稿为主。
没有把自己写的这些文章放上来,
是因为从去年开始,
心里已经有在想,
是不是要集合自己写过的文章,
然后给自己一个出书的机会呢?
于是,
就没有把自己在I FEEL杂志写的稿放上来。
当然,
另一个原因是担心自己是否会触犯了与 I FEEL签订的合约呢?
其实,我也是不确定的,
因为自己从来没有认认真真看过合约的内容。

出书,谈何容易?!
这是自己的一个梦,
特别是每当自己出去演讲时,
听众都会问我有没有出书...

我想,
自己还需要多一些的自信和肯定吧,
当然,还有写文字的动力。