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social science subjects > education > teaching > sex education > abstinence-only sexual education

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abstinence-only sexual education  

Definition

  • Abstinence-only sexual education (also “abstinence education” and “abstinence-until-marriage education”) refers to a group of sexual education curricula intended to teach children that they should abstain from sexual intimacy with another individual until they become adults and usually until they are married. Many U.S. [Source: Encyclopedia ofthe Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Abstinence-Only Sexual Education]

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