(B) explain the social and emotional impacts of sexual
harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and sex trafficking;
(C) define dating violence and the characteristics
of unhealthy or harmful relationships, including anger, controlling
behavior, jealousy, manipulation, and isolation;
(D) identify protective strategies for avoiding unsafe
situations that heighten the risk of sexual harassment, sexual abuse,
sexual assault, sex trafficking, and teen dating violence;
(E) explain the importance of reporting to a parent
or another trusted adult sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault,
sex trafficking, and dating violence involving self or others;
(F) describe how a healthy sense of self and making
decisions regarding setting and respecting personal boundaries promote
healthy dating/romantic relationships;
(G) discuss and practice how refusal skills can be
used to resist negative peer influences and reinforce personal boundaries
to avoid dangerous situations and behaviors that increase sexual risk
in dating/romantic relationships; and
(H) explain the importance of clearly communicating
and respecting personal boundaries and why individuals have the right
to refuse sexual contact.
(22) Reproductive and sexual health--anatomy, puberty,
reproduction, and pregnancy. The student analyzes adolescent development,
the process of fertilization, and healthy fetal development. The student
is expected to:
(A) compare and contrast the physical, hormonal, and
emotional changes in males and females that occur during puberty and
adolescence;
(B) identify how the process of fertilization occurs
between a man and a woman through sexual intercourse;
(C) explain significant milestones of fetal development
and the harmful effects on the fetus of certain substances such as
alcohol, tobacco, and prescription drugs and environmental hazards
such as lead;
(D) describe the importance of telling a parent or
another trusted adult, obtaining early pregnancy testing, and seeking
prenatal care if signs of pregnancy occur; and
(E) define the emotional changes that may occur during
and after pregnancy, including postpartum depression, and discuss
resources for support and treatment.
(23) Reproductive and sexual health--sexual risk. The
student understands that there are risks associated with sexual activity
and that abstinence from sexual activity is the only 100% effective
method to avoid risks. The student is expected to:
(A) explain how teen pregnancy is a possible outcome
of sexual activity;
(B) explain the short- and long-term educational, financial,
and social impacts of pregnancy on teen parents, the child, families,
and society;
(C) identify the difference between bacterial and viral
sexually transmitted diseases/sexually transmitted infections (STDs/STIs),
including long-term or lifetime effects such as infertility and cancer;
(D) describe various modes of transmission of STDs/STIs;
(E) identify the prevalence of STDs/STIs among teens
by referencing county, state, and/or federal data sources;
(F) list the signs and symptoms of STDs/STIs, including
human papillomavirus (HPV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea,
herpes, and trichomoniasis, and explain why not all STDs/STIs show
symptoms initially;
(G) explain the importance of STD/STI screening, testing,
and early treatment for sexually active individuals, including during
yearly physicals or if there is a concern;
(H) identify community resources, a minor's right to
consent under certain circumstances, and the importance of parent
or other trusted adult support for STD/STI testing and treatment;
(I) identify emotional risks that can be associated
with sexual activity for unmarried persons of school age, including
stress, anxiety, and depression;
(J) identify support from parents and other trusted
adults to be abstinent from sexual activity and create strategies
for building peer support to be abstinent;
(K) analyze the importance of abstinence as the preferred
choice of behavior in relationship to all sexual activity for unmarried
persons of school age;
(L) analyze the effectiveness and the risks and failure
rates (human-use reality rates) of barrier protection and other contraceptive
methods in the prevention of STDs/STIs and pregnancy;
(M) explain that HPV vaccines can help prevent the
transmission of the most common types of HPV, a virus that can cause
genital warts and cervical cancer and other cancers in males and females;
(N) research and explain the benefits of abstinence
from sexual activity such as increased self-esteem, self-confidence,
and student academic achievement;
(O) define legal implications of teen pregnancy, including
the legal effects of acknowledgement and proof of paternity;
(P) describe legal aspects of sexual activity with
a minor person, including the legal age of consent, statutory rape,
aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, sexual abuse, and indecency
with a child; and
(Q) examine the legal ramifications of sexual offenses
such as sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and sexual assault.
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