RT Journal
T1 SEx education in the schools
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1969
FD May 12
VO 208
IS 6
SP 1016
OP 1016
DO 10.1001/jama.1969.03160060086013
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160060086013
AB The American public is now witnessing a well-organized and concerted attack against programs of sex education in the schools. These attacks have come from two sources: (1) individuals and organizations identified with the extreme right wing, and (2) sincerely motivated but uninformed individuals who, no doubt, have been influenced by the propaganda of the former group. The main thrust of these attacks has been the allegation that sex education is part of a Communist conspiracy to undermine the morals of American youth. Indeed, even the American Medical Association has been accused of being a tool of the Communist Party. Originally organized in the South, the campaign to destroy programs of sex education has become national in scope. In many communities, there is a serious threat that this aspect of health education may be eliminated from the school curriculum.Sex education has for many years been an integral part of the