School Health Education to Prevent AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) : Teachers' Guide (UNESCO - WHO, 1994, 117 p.): Unit 2. Responsible behaviour: delaying sex: 1 Reasons to say NO

School Health Education to Prevent AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) : Teachers' Guide (UNESCO - WHO, 1994, 117 p.)

Unit 2. Responsible behaviour: delaying sex

		(introduction...)
		1 Reasons to say NO - Reasons for delaying sex
		2 To delay or not to delay (a, b) - Case Study - Reasons for and against sex
		3 “Lines” and more “lines” - Pressure to have sex
		4 Guidelines: help to delay sex - Help for delaying sex
		5 What to do? - Case studies on sex for delaying sex
		6 Affection without sex? - Alternatives to sexual intercourse
		7 What’s next? - Ranking physical activities
		8 Am I assertive? - Definition of passive, aggressive, and assertive behaviours
		9 Who’s assertive? - Case studies - types of behaviours
		10 Assertive messages - Four steps to assertive behaviour
		11 Your assertive message (class) - Four steps to assertive behaviour
		12 Your assertive message (individual) - Four steps to assertive behaviour
		13 Responding to persuasion (demonstration) - How to refuse, delay, bargain
		14 Responding to persuasion (class activity) - How to refuse, delay, bargain
		15 Responding to persuasion (individual) - How to refuse, delay, bargain
		16 You decide - Activity on gender differences
		17 Dealing with threats and violence - Case study on violence in dating
		18 Being assertive every day - Take-home activity on being assertive

1 Reasons to say NO - Reasons for delaying sex

Purpose

It is important for students to know a variety of reasons for delaying sex.

What the teacher does

1. Decide how to teach this activity.

a) Provide each student with an activity sheet so that everyone can do the activity.
b) Write the activity on the blackboard and have students do it on a plain piece of paper (only one activity sheet needed).

2. Have students choose the four reasons they think young people usually have for delaying sexual intercourse.

3. Take a poll, by show of hands and discuss with the students the top three or four reasons for delaying sex. You might want to ask:

a) Why they chose each reason as the top three or four.
b) Do they think their reasons might change as they get older? How?
c) Which of the four would be the best or most important reason (take another vote) and why?

Additional preparation

Depending on your community, there may be other reasons for delaying sex than those listed in this activity. If so, you should include these in the list.