A SAMPLE OF COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION CURRICULUM Excerpts from It s Perfectly Normal The following pages contain examples of what Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) advocates consider developmentally-appropriate programmatic instruction for children. These excerpts and graphics come from the book, It s Perfectly Normal, targeting children 10 years and older. Author, Robbie H. Harris, is a former Planned Parenthood National Board of Advocat member and the book has been endorsed by Planned Parenthood. PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT
THE FEMALE SEX ORGANS: Page 22 The clitoris is a small mound of skin about the size of a pea. When the clitoris is touched and rubbed, a female s body feels good both outside and inside. It feels kind of tingly, kind of warm and nice. It feels sexy. THE MALE SEX ORGANS: Page 25 When the penis is touched and rubbed, a male s body feels good both outside and inside kind of tingly, kind of warm and nice. It feels sexy.
MASTURBATION: Page 48 Boys and girls, teenagers, and grown-ups too, experience sexy feelings when they masturbate Some people thing that masturbation is wrong or harmful. And some religions call masturbation a sin. But masturbating cannot hurt you.
SEXUAL DESIRE: Pages 12-13 Sexual desire means you feel attracted to someone in a very strong way like being pulled by a magnet. You want to be as physically close to that person as you can. Even though you may thing about that person a lot, sexual desire is mostly the way you feel in your body about that person. Your body may feel excited or warm or quivery, or tingly. And sometimes those feelings can be very strong. The feelings and thoughts you may have about other people and their bodies can make you feel very excited. Some people call this feeling sexy. MAKING LOVE (HOMOSEXUALITY): Page 17 The ancient Greeks thought that love between two men was the highest form of love. In the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, in about 1000 B.C. it was hoped that make lovers would be in the same army regiment. People thought that if a warrior was in the same regiment as his lover, he would fight harder in order to impress him. The Spartan army was one of the most powerful and feared armies in ancient Greece. Sometimes as kids are growing up, boys become curious about other boys and girls become curious about other girls. They may look at and even touch each other s bodies. This is a normal kind of exploring and does not have anything to do with whether a girl or a boy is or will be heterosexual or homosexual. Some people disapprove of gay men and lesbian women. Some even hate homosexuals. People may feel this way toward homosexuals because they think homosexuals are different from them or that gay relationships are wrong. Usually these people know little or nothing about homosexuals, and their views are often based on fears or misinformation, not on facts.
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE: Page 56 Sexual intercourse usually begins with two people touching, caressing, kissing, and hugging each other. After a bit, the femaile s vagina becomes moist and slippery, her clitoris becomes hard, and the male s penis becomes erect, stiff, and larger... The female and the male begin to feel excited about each other. It is now possible for the male s erect penis to go inside the female s vagina As the male and female move back and forth in rhythm, the movement of the penis inside the vagina soon feels very good. The female and male may hug and even kiss and touch each other even more as all of this is going on and feel more and more excited.