Filmmaker and USC Professor of Cinema Brenda Goodman discusses her documentary Sex(Ed) The Movie, and what she learned during filming about the lack of adequate student sex education.
Goodman points out the fact that most religious schools actually provide more sex ed than public or non-religious private schools, although the information os course focuses on the church’s own agenda. “We interviewed a few people who had gone to Catholic school and they had a lot… a couple of the people we talked to had a lot to,” she said.
“I think there’s a real fear in the public sphere about taking about sex because there’s been such a backlash against teachers and against education – and I think that exists around issues about sex,” she said about the limited sex ed offered in public schools.
“I would like to see it be more of an affirmation,” she said about how she thinks current sex ed could be improved. “Because one of the things that’s happened is, it’s all about preventing something you know it’s preventing getting pregnant, preventing getting disease, it’s a danger.”
Goodman said she’s also experienced the problems with the current sex ed system firsthand from students who seek out her advice with relationship and sex issues. “So many students have found their way to my office and there are issues in their lives about relationships, and in talking to them I realized that they’ve had very deficient sex ed,” she said.
Watch the full episode for more on this fascinating documentary and to see extended clips from the film.
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