Starting September, France will finally introduce a sex education curriculum, including topics like gender stereotypes and consent, after a 25-year delay since the government mandated it. This decision follows criticism and lawsuits from organizations like Le Planning Familial, addressing concerns about child sexual abuse and the lack of education leading children to learn about sex from online pornography. The program faced opposition from conservatives, yet Education Minister Elisabeth Borne stressed its essential role in protecting children and combating abuse.
Nearly a quarter-century after the French government passed a law mandating sex education but never implemented it, a comprehensive curriculum is finally set to launch in September.
Elisabeth Borne, the education minister, emphasized the program’s necessity, highlighting alarming statistics of sexual abuse, which show one child is abused every three minutes in France.
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