In the 1960s, the concept of "sex education" in Finnish society changed, and sex education received attention from the government and education departments. While strengthening sexual moral education, we began to focus on carrying out sex education from the perspective of sexual health. Since the mid-1970s, "sex education" has entered the Finnish primary and secondary school syllabuses. According to the National Citizen Health Care Act of 1972, contraceptive counseling was included in the category of basic citizen health care that local governments must provide free services. After more than 20 years of hard work, from 1975 to 1994, the abortion rate per 1,000 Finnish girls aged 15-19 dropped from 21.2 to 9, and sexually transmitted diseases decreased significantly.

With the development of society, the sexual behavior of Finnish teenagers has undergone tremendous changes. Adolescents mature early and the age of trying sex continues to decrease. 50% of 17-year-old girls have already had sexual intercourse. However, the average age of women giving birth to their first child has increased from 23 in 1973 to 28. It is generally accepted by society that young people live together without getting married, and it is no longer regarded as morally corrupt and an unspeakable scandal. Children born outside of marriage were only 5% in the 1960s, but are now as high as 37%. Finnish social workers believe that the ignorance and ignorance caused by mystery will not help solve the problem, but will harm the overall health of all citizens in society. Faced with this trend of current social development, sex education guidance is the most effective measure. Using good and healthy education methods and educational methods to guide teenagers to understand sexual science is far more effective than restricting and blocking their curiosity and impulse. It allows teenagers to view sexual issues, handle relationships between the sexes, and assume sexual responsibility in a natural and healthy way.

Finland is one of the countries with the most complete library network in the world today. Libraries are places frequented by teachers, parents and teenagers. Books and publications have naturally become important areas of sex education. When reporters go to the library to borrow books, they often see books on sex education for young children and primary and secondary school students on the bookshelves in the reading room. This kind of book is full of pictures and texts, making it tempting to read. One of the books is called "My Body", which raises questions from the perspective and way of thinking of young children, vividly answers them with stories and pictures with plots, tells knowledge in entertainment, and naturally instills sexuality in children by explaining their doubts. Moral and sexual knowledge.

Here are some excerpts:

Lasi asked her father: Where did I come from?

Dad: Don’t you already know? When a sperm cell burrows into an egg cell, it becomes your cell.

Lacy: I want to know why it turned out to be me and not someone else.

Dad held Laci in his arms and rubbed his back affectionately. Laci looked at his father comfortably.

Dad: Dad and mom sometimes hug and kiss, and dad and mom also feel very comfortable. But we also do something that only adults can do. We lay on the bed and Dad put his penis into Mom's belly.

Lasi was angry: Dad lied.

Dad smiled: This feels good. Only in this way can the father's sperm cells enter the mother's egg cells! Haven't you ever seen two butterflies lying together in the suburbs in summer? Animals do this to give birth to babies, but parents do this because they love each other. Mom and Dad didn't know each other at first. After we met, we chatted and helped each other. Later, Dad missed Mom every day, and Mom missed Dad every day. We just lived together. One day, my mother was lying on the bed and said, let's make a baby together. Dad’s sperm penetrates into mom’s egg cell, and this is you! Of course, you were only the size of a pinhead at that time. You grew up day by day in your mother's belly, and then you came out and we had a baby.

Between the text paragraphs, matching illustrations vividly explain the content of the text: there are parents embracing each other in bed and loving each other, there are common insects mating, there are pictures of sperm hitting egg cells, there are pictures of pregnant mothers with a big belly. , there are also fetuses at different stages of development, and finally there is the joyous scene of the mother giving birth to a baby with an umbilical cord under the cry of the father. The words and pictures are simple and natural, describing life phenomena that children often see but do not understand.

${FDPageBreak} This story is a chapter called "Birth" in "My Body", the previous chapter is "Cells", and after that there are "Skin", "Vision", "Hearing", "Breathing", "Skeleton" , "Digestion"... The stories in each chapter are equally beautiful and the pictures are equally vivid. Parents can tell their children one story every day just like telling the story of One Thousand and One Nights. Children are usually most interested in their own feelings and experiences, and also They can ask questions to adults innocently, answer children's questions naturally, integrate sex education into children's human body education, and integrate sex knowledge into part of health care knowledge. In this way, "sex", a behavior that is sensitive to adults, can be integrated into children's human body education. The same natural life behaviors as eating, drinking, hearing, and seeing are embodied in the eyes. Experts believe that this initial concept formed in early childhood makes in-depth education in the future seem natural.

Finland has published many publications like this for adolescents, with many names: "Puberty", "Sex Handbook for Teenagers", "Sex Education for Seniors", "A Big Secret", "Happy Marriage" "conditions", "mothers can also lay eggs", "how to terminate pregnancy", "making love guidance" and so on.

Looking through several of them, I have the following impressions of the contents of Finnish youth sex education books:

First of all, the books tell teenagers that sexual desire and sexual behavior are natural needs of human beings. This kind of education is to eliminate their psychological factors such as mystery and guilt about sex. Books and textbooks provide very specific and detailed introductions and descriptions of the appearance of male and female reproductive organs, their functions, feelings and physiological phenomena, leaving no suspense or doubts. Things that may not be clear to children are explained in the form of answers to questions. In addition to positive descriptions, the book also uses the first-person voice of adolescent children to describe their psychological and physiological changes, resulting conflicts with their parents, etc., which is more friendly to young readers and helps parents understand their children.

Secondly, it clarifies to teenagers the responsibilities and obligations involved in engaging in sexual behavior. When you have the right to make friends of the opposite sex and have sexual intercourse is an important part of various teaching materials and reading materials. Publications usually guide young people to establish the concept of friendship first, guide young people to pay attention to friendship and respect friendship, and regard friendship as the basis for establishing relationships between people. Many books also introduce standards for teenagers to self-examine whether they are mature, such as do you keep your promises? Do you value friendship? Do you have your parents' trust? Do you heed the advice? It is intended to guide adolescents to have adult standards before they are qualified to have sex. In addition, young people should be told that sexual behavior can only be based on their own wishes, without any reluctance, and that they must dare to refuse and be able to accept rejection. In particular, the psychology of girls who dare not refuse should be analyzed and induced, so that girls have the awareness and ability to protect themselves. .

Finally, these publications provide the most practical help to young people, that is, how to prevent pregnancy and prevent diseases. The book comprehensively introduces contraceptive methods and measures, from introducing how to get pregnant, symptoms and detection methods of pregnancy, the principles of contraception, to how to use contraceptive tools and where to obtain them. It is meticulous and highly practical. The textbook specifically introduces the relevant laws that stipulate that a woman has the right to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy. At the same time, it introduces the causes, symptoms and self-protection measures of various sexually transmitted diseases. And tell young people who encounter problems how to solve the problem and who to contact.

Parents, teachers, and health care doctors are all reliable people to talk to, and youth consultation hotlines, child protection agencies, etc. provide channels for children who do not want acquaintances to know their concerns to get help.

There are nearly a hundred related books listed in the library, which shows that the content of youth sex education is very extensive. Although the target is teenagers, parents and teachers will also benefit from reading it. Although sex is the main theme, it also talks about the morality and knowledge of how to be a person and how to deal with the world. It has both scientific common sense and legal knowledge. Finland's sex education materials for teenagers have also been well received internationally. It seems that adolescent sex educators need to have noble sentiments that are devoted to love and have meticulous and considerate methods. Adolescent sex education is indeed an important subject. This article comes from adult.6kmall.com and is published by netizens. This site only quotes it for reference. It does not mean that this site agrees with the views of the article. If you believe that the content and intellectual property rights of this article infringe upon your interests, please contact us.