Young people’s attitudes toward sex education as their human right in Slovakia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19515697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jozef Miškolci (0000-0002-4883-5571, Comenius University Bratislava, corresponding author), Dávid Bosý (Esfem, Prešov, Slovakia), Adriana Jesenková (0000-0002-1611-2627, Faculty of Arts, Department of Applied Ethics, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovakia), Monika Bosá (0000-0002-3334-7807, Faculty of Philosophy, Prešov University in Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia), Katarína Minarovičová (0000-0002-0613-2392, Comenius University Bratislava) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 334-349 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sex Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-1811 • E-ISSN: 1472-0825 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14681811.2019.1668760 |
| OpenAlex | W2982213687 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
There exists no legal or academic consensus as to whether children’s access to sex education should be considered a human right. This study aimed to ascertain (1) how young people in Slovakia perceive sex education in terms of their human right to information, and (2) which areas sex education should covered to fulfil their right to information. To address these two research questions, we conducted a quantitative study whose design was informed by the Standards for Sexuality Education in Europe. A representative sample of 1,015 secondary school students in Slovakia completed a questionnaire between September and October 2017. The results showed that young people generally held positive attitudes towards sex education. Nonetheless, respondents who had experienced sexual intercourse, those who had attended sex education classes, and those who had attended Ethics rather than Religious Education classes had significantly more positive attitudes towards sex education than others. Young people were most interested in the bodily, psychological and relational aspects of sexuality, while they were least interested in the social and cultural dimensions. These findings have important implications for educational policy and practice with respect to the provision of school-based sex education in Slovakia
Human rights · Human sexuality · Political science · Population · Relationship education · Sex education · Sexual intercourse · Sexuality education · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Gender Studies · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.4 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |