Three associations decided to attack the state on Thursday March 2. Family Planning, SOS Homophobia and Sidaction want to force the government to apply the law, which provides for at least three sex education sessions in high school each year.
“We see that since 2001 […] this law is not applied”, explained Florence Thune, president of Sidaction, at the microphone of RTL, Friday March 3. “It is a controversial subject because it worries […] There’s a lot of misinformation around it.”added Laurent Zameczkowski, vice-president of the PEEP (federation of parents of students in public education).
False theories have spread, such as the fact that sexuality is taught from kindergarten, which has never been the case and never will be.
Sex education covers several themes, but “few establishments respect these three sessions sex education“, regretted Florence Thune, who asks that teachers be trained to talk about these issues.
Lack of teacher training can also alarm students’ parents. “We are much more worried about it than we going to be on maths or physics”, detailed Laurent Zameczkowski. Associations can help teachers to talk about sexuality in front of students.
