Abstract
Comprehensive sex education is a topic that arouses a fierce discussion in Poland. In turn, for years it has been recommended by international organizations (UNESCO, 2018, 2020; WHO, 2010). Adopting the Komorowska-Pudło (2015) model of holistic sex education and recommendations of international organizations, on a sample of 825 people, we explored some demographic and worldview factors that may affect Poles’ reluctance towards sex education. We were particularly interested in whether people with children differ in relation to sex education from those without children and what may cause reluctance to sex education in both groups. In an online survey, we measured the political views of respondents on various dimensions with the Political Beliefs Questionnaire (Czarnek i in., 2017) and their attitude to sexual education using our own questionnaire. The results of the analyzes revealed differences in the predictors of the attitude to sexual education in parents and people without children ‒ the gender of the respondent and views on economic interventionism did not affect the reluctance to sexual education in the group of parents, while in those without children they were significant predictors. The results also indicated that religious fundamentalism was a factor that negatively affected the attitude to sexual education, regardless of having children. Taking a holistic view of the factors influencing sexual education aversion can help in a dialogue on this elementary development and health issue.
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