School of Sexuality Education Conference 2019

What does sex education fit for the 21st Century look like?

Illustration by Evie Karkera

Illustration by Evie Karkera

We live in an age of increasing digital connectivity: we no longer develop our relationships, or express and understand our identity through face-to-face interactions alone. Particularly for those at school, online and offline worlds are no longer distinct entities, and play ever more significant part in their learning, personal interactions and well-being.

But, this change is taking place at such a rate that we are failing to adequately support young people to navigate digitally-facilitated issues such as unsolicited dick pics, online harassment, image-based abuse, trolling, targeted advertising, body shaming posts, internet misinformation and more.

This year, our annual conference asked how we can provide sex education fit for the 21st Century; what does this need to address and how can we do that? Below are the talks, panels and workshops which tackled this from various angles:

During the day, School of Sexuality Education’s Andy Thornton created the fantastic images below, capturing the discussion and themes explored.

For more information about our events please contact info@schoolofsexed.org

Our book ‘Sex Ed: An Inclusive Teenage Guide to Sex and Relationships’​is out​ ​now.