Re: National convention against sex education in Delhi

July 24, 2007

Dear FORUM,

It is very strange to hear the news on organising conventions against sex

education in this century, of course HIV is not the contribution of India but

who deliberately created this? There are many new diseases appear in the world

through various reasons like mutation of micro organisms, genetical changes etc.

we have to think this is a challenge before humanity instead of blaming west.

In the advent of HIV disease, majority Indians believed that this wont affect

India since our society is disciplined and doesn’t practice pre or extra marital

sex, but this has proved other wise.

Later some of us said, AIDS is the wages for sin. We can see this type of myths

and misconceptions throughout human history. In the past society ostracised

lepers, harijans, women and many more and the history repeats as time passes in

other forms.

Denial of sexual health information or the abstinence –only approach to sexual

education interferes with fundamental rights, including the right to seek,

receive and impart information and ideas of all Kind

and the right to the highest attainable standard of health.

When I was giving session in a high school in one state, one girl said

menstruation is bleeding from kidney! Sex education doesn’t teach children how

to do sex but to educate about their body changes, emotional differences and

helping them to cope up in a transformation stage.

We have to develop the syllabus based on our need and cultural standards. In

India it may not be necessary to impart condom education in schools. However

young people need to know about their body and sexual organs, that would help

them to see world in a proper way.

Joy Cyriac

e-mail: <joycyriac2000@...>

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