Sex Education — also known as Sexual Education — is about helping people (young and old) to gain information and skills to make the optimum decisions for themselves regarding their sex life and sexual relationships.


It’s a very vast realm that can include topics such as having children, the use of sex toys, sexual anatomy, intimacy, sexual arousal, safe sex, consent and boundaries, fertility issues, sexual orientations and gender identities, kink, fetishism and BDSM, sexual health, and sexual dysfunctions, and much more.
Sex Education can be useful in identifying emotional and traumatic blockages with regard to one’s sexuality. It can also be of help to increase awareness of and reconnection with one’s genitals (or genital parts), identifying sexual dysfunctions or disorders, learning about the impact of life transitions (such as menopause, andropause, pregnancy, a new sex partner, etc.), and discovering potentially new or increased pleasure and orgasmic potential, to name some of the domains.
In fact, a lack of Sex Education may lead to negative consequences, such as increased rates of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, issues around consent, a lack of sexual/genital hygiene and health, augmented vulnerability to sexual exploitation, and a lack of knowledge about how to have healthy and respectful emotional and sexual relationships. In addition, it can also create or continue detrimental stereotypes and misinformation about sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity.