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First "real sexual revolution"
increase in immigration, talk about sexual health and social hygine increase in young factory workers WWI increase in children and influx of military personal in cities and ports -
"adolescent" was created
There was no word for young adults in society so this word was creted to describe this population. This is important because now society has created a name for the target audience for sex education -
Meeting at Miss Dodge's house
This was the first time the discussion with a commitee of people in NY discussed the idea of a public education on "social hygiene" sexual education was talked about and a plan was beggining to be formed to educate society. -
Articles on sex ed in the publc media at its height
birth control, sexual morals, and divorce now being widely talked about in the public media -
Founding of ASHA
ASHA: American Social Hygiene Association
They created pamphlets on sex hygiene and information began in NY -
Sex Education began in schools
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Public health service announcment
publicly announced the importance of Sex Education in schools -
San Diego revamped sex education
During WWII the city realized that with the increased number of military and people into the city they needed to revam their sex education to include a wide array of health tiopics, not much different than we use today although more focused on family and ihome ecomomics, hygience, biology. This was a big step toward the development of sexual education we have now a more comprehensive stepe toward health education -
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Beginning of the Sexual Revolution
The sexual revolution changed the idea of experimental sex and in turn changed the way schools thought about teaching their students -
SIECUS
Since its inception, SIECUS has taken stands on major sexuality issues confronting society. SIECUS invites other organizations and individuals to join in affirming these statements and in working for their implementation -
AFLA (Adolecent family life act)
Act that is considered the precursor to abstinence only programs -
SIECUS "call to action"
made a list of 13 goals that ensure that all students have comprehensive sex education by 2000 -
AIDS/HIV education begins
All states now have to teach AIDS/HIV educatioin in schools -
Title V
The welfare reform law added Title V, Section 510(b) of the Social Security Act which established a new federal funding stream to provide grants to states for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. -
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Government funded Abstinence only programs
government gave over 1 billion dollars to this project -
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Community Based Abstinence Education, or CBAE, grants.
Funding from the federl govt went ot community and faith based organizations ... abstinence only education -
Future of Sex Education Project (FoSE) began
when staff from Advocates for Youth, Answer and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) first met to discuss the future of sex education in the United States -
Health care reform
Title V was restabliched by President Obama in health care reform. 50 million dollars is to be allocated to abstinence only programs -
CDC
released a government report that found that "almost all U.S. teens have had formal sex education -
Sex education mandatory in 22 states
Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, District of Columbia -
All states have Sex Ed in schools
All stated have some kind of sexual education in the classroom. Although they differ they are still some kind of health and sexual education programs -
AMA and National Education Association
The two organizations worked to make and provide pamphlets for students
