Rutgers is taking part and is using these 16 days to draw attention to talking openly about sexuality, desires and boundaries. Together, at home, at school and online. Because only then can everyone enjoy their sexuality. Rutgers is calling on people to break the taboo together, create a safe environment and contribute to a culture that leaves no room for sexual violence.
Sex education
One of the places where the taboo surrounding sexuality can be broken is at school. Sex education contributes to the positive and healthy sexual development of students. If schools pay attention to desires, boundaries and the prevention of sexual violence, this leads to more self-confident, sexually healthy young people and better prospects for the future. Rutgers’ guide to Desires, boundaries and consent contains tips on how, as a teacher, you can address desires, boundaries and consent in the classroom in various ways.
Room for improvement
The government has a responsibility to improve sex education. Recent events involving sexual violence show how important it is for young people to learn to respect each other’s desires and boundaries. With an understanding of diversity and sexual pleasure as the guiding principle. This is currently not sufficiently addressed in sex education at schools, and it needs to improve. Much more. That is the view of young people, teachers, educational organisations and centres of expertise. It is up to the government to make better sex education possible. Would you like to know more about this subject? Then visit Manifesto – Seksuelevorming.nl