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Get Real: Comprehensive Sex Education That Works

 

Lesson 7.2: Media Literacy and Sexuality

Lesson Goals

  • Identify myths surrounding sexual behaviors.
  • Identify ways in which the media creates and promotes myths.
  • Name types of media.
  • Identify ways the media contributes to unrealistic body expectations.

Connecting the Lessons

Builds on Lesson 6.6: Puberty and Lesson 6.7: Abstinence.

SEL Skills Addressed

  • Self-awareness
  • Social awareness

Logic Model Determinant(s)

  • Address perceptions of peer norms regarding sexual behavior.
  • Increase self-efficacy of SEL skills to delay and /or refuse sex.
  • Increase communication with parents and other caring adults.