Parents and students would like to have a place for sexuality, sentiment and gender education in classrooms. This is a school that keeps up with the times and current events, according to a survey of 400 students and parents surveyed by Libraccio, a chain of independent bookstores specializing in school publications. When asked “what subjects would you like to teach,” more than 7 out of 10 respondents answered “sex, sentiment and gender education.” 49.5% want more digital education and 47.6% want insight into sustainability.
66.7% believe it is necessary to create a welcoming and safe school environment, and gender education is part of this desire with the opening of a school for discussions and meetings about feelings, sexuality and relationships, this theme was developed over the years by Rocco Siffredi, who was often invited to school by students, but was opposed by teachers and directors. “It’s not that I wanted to become a teacher, I just wanted to start talking to kids and explaining that pornography is fake.”
Lessons on combating gender-based violence should come as early as this academic year: according to forecasts from the Ministry of Education, special training courses on gender equality should be held,respect for the other sex and contrast with any remnants of male chauvinism and male chauvinism. Experts such as psychologists, representatives of associations for the protection of victims of violence, and lawyers spoke. Association Donnexstrada He has been working throughout the year to prepare these workshops for all school levels, but they will begin in middle school. According to the association, the need for training, awareness and activism among young people is growing.
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“At the core of the lab is a spirit of innovation and creativity,” he explains. Laura De Dilectis, psychologist and vice president of Donnexstrada“On the one hand, this is our experience of working as psychologists in a team. Psychoeducation and laboratory with new techniques. Not a frontal lesson, but one that activates and forces people to participate. Students must submit the result. On the other hand, what happened to us at Donnepersträd and which passes through social networks and communications immediately attracts young people.”
The seminar, led by a team of psychologists and lawyers and co-founders of donnexstrada, will address issues such as consent, women’s empowerment, body shaming, abuse, revenge porn, emotional addiction, gender-based violence, gender identity, IVG, digital violence. There is no difference between boys and girls, the courses are for everyone.
These laboratories do not contain direct testimony from victims of violence, which was initially indicated by the ministry as a hypothesis. “It has worked in other contexts, as in the case of Liliana Segre. This has an impact on children,” adds the psychologist.The key to this is respect for the person. It depends on how the person himself experiences it. There can be an exchange, an empowerment, on the part of the woman who comes out of this. It is also possible that the woman does not want to talk about it so as not to reveal more dramatic aspects.” It must be a personal, guided and thoughtful choice.
We start in middle school because “A teenager starts his first relationship, goes out in the evening and is already an active user of social networks”. Technology is the key. “Through the use of technology and social media, students can become agents of social and cultural change. The Donnexstrada project is based precisely on this awareness: it is important to know modern and digital communication tools and use them to offer innovative and specific services.”
Data from the beginning of the year showed that Italy lags behind in terms of sex education in schools. As 2023 dawns, “Italy is one of the very few countries in Europe, along with Cyprus, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Lithuania, that has no curriculum of any substance,” said Mario Puiatti, president of AIED (Italian Association for Demographic Education). ), at the last national conference held in Rome at the International Women’s House.
Today, 8 out of 10 students (middle school, high school and university) look for sexual and reproductive information on the Internet, while only one in four asks in their family.. Of these, the majority (94%) believe that schools should provide information about sexuality and reproduction. A gap that, however, has obviously not yet been filled, although from 1977 to 2019, 16 parliamentary initiatives to regulate the introduction of sex education in schools have been put forward in vain.
There are many good examples from other countries where sexuality education in schools exists, exists and works: e.g. in Australia it is taught from kindergarten to age 12., using age-appropriate language for each stage. The right to emotional and sexual education is a human right that concerns not only the sphere of education, but specifically health,” he said.develop social and sexual relationships based on respect” So says UNESCO.