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don’t know what menstruation is in real life. Most of them are from a
rural background and believe that it is a curse from God or a disease.

This fallacy is stuck in their head because there is no one to teach them

what it actually is, not even their parents. So, there is an immense need
to give the right information about their anatomy and social

relationships before giving sex education, because it is not only physical
but also mental, psychological and social.

Effects

Sex education in schools has been a major topic of dispute in the
country. Some people highlight the need for sex education from the

primary level of schooling whereas others say that adolescent sex

education is more practical.

The Government of India had to face a sour reaction from the public
when the Central Government along with the National AIDS Control

Organisation (NACO), National Council of Educational Research and

Training (NCERT) and some UN agencies planned to launch the
“Adolescence Education Programme” in schools. Thirteen states banned

this move as they considered sex education was against Indian culture.

India is a country with such a rich culture that does not promote sex

education in schools, yet it stands in the top list of the number of rapes
reported. In 2016, the most number of rape cases were reported, which is

nearly 33,000. About 95% of sexual abuse was perpetrated by a known

person. Most of the culprits in these cases gained informal knowledge
about sexual desires from pornography and other related sources and

developed a wrong perception about women.

An innocent girl child in India doesn’t know what is “good touch” and
“bad touch”. It is because there is no one to teach them. In China,

children are made aware of good touch and bad touch. Parents in India