Has society benefited from sex education?

# Advocates of sex education want to introduce it down to primary school levels arguing it can be key means to prevent HIV as over half of the world's population is now under 25 years old.

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# Religious organizations like the Vatican, argue that 'abuse occurs whenever sex education is given to children by teaching them all the intimate details of genital relationships'. Lobbyists argue that sex education in schools is tantamount to child-abuse.

# Opponents of sex education instead lay emphasis on moral education.

Is checking the spread of AIDS, STD's and controlling unwanted pregnancies the sole objective of sex education?

OR Is it encouraging promiscuity and thereby promoting sales of birth control pills, condoms and other sex industry products?