Valoración del éxito de la educación afectivo-sexual en adolescentes

According to the 'World Health Organisation' (WHO) "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not only the absence of conditions or diseases." Other experts prefer a broad reference context when talking about health, expressing it in three areas: physical, mental and social. Within this context, in 2002 the WHO defined sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being related to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or weakness. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relations, as well as the possibility of obtaining pleasure and safe sexual experiences, free from coercion, discrimination and violence. To achieve good sexual health and guarantee the sexual rights for all people, these rights should be respected, protected and complied with. These sexual rights have been acknowledged by the international community as human rights in declarations, agreements and treaties by different international organisations such as the United Nations (UN), the World Health Organisation (WHO) or the European Union (EU). One of these rights is precisely the right to sex education, which is recognized in Spain in the Ley de Ordenación General del Sistema Educativo (Law of General Regulation for the Educational System), LOGSE that, for the first time, includes sex education in the different education stages and in different areas...

Conflicto ético, diálogo e intervención social: la propuesta de “diálogos morales” de Amitai Etzioni

Este artículo reflexiona sobre el concepto de “diálogos morales” que introduce Amitai Etzioni con la finalidad de buscar vías para acometer con éxito la solución de conflictos sociales que afectan a valores. En principio, todo el mundo acepta que los demás disfruten de sus derechos, salvo que el ejercicio de los derechos de otros colisione con los nuestros. En ese caso es cuando podría aparecer el conflicto. Etzioni propone reglas para conseguir que los conflictos sociales relacionados con valores puedan convertirse en un diálogo fecundo con resultados.