How Sexology 2011
The Spanish Federation of Sexology Societies (FESS)-which represents almost two thousand professionals and 31 companies sexology study in Spain, yesterday criticized the “religious elements” in which it is based sex education is taught in some schools of Valencia, to the detriment of scientific information. FESS, in a statement, expressed “concern” over the policy adopted by the Generalist Valencia, which “put the health professionals of sexual education subsidized private schools.”
The Federation explained that the Comprehensive Plan for Sexual Health for 2011 set by the Executive Valencia allow “complete freedom” to the counselors of each school to choose the methodology and content in these subjects. Thus, “many Catholic schools in the community have decided to impart training materials offered by the Institutor Valencia no de Fertilidad, (IVAF), with strong religious component.” According to the group, “may now enter as a pillar of the contents in this regard the promotion of continence and virtue of chastity, pushing the sexual health professionals in teaching and not based on science but ideology, morality or religion.”
The president of the FESS, Mien Larrazabal, emphasized that “the decision of the Government to allow entry into various schools of teaching materials based on scientific evidence not be detrimental to the students”, so called for the return to the previous system that, according to him, “if they prevail scientific information.” It called upon the “return of health professionals to control the curriculum of the subject.”