discriminatory stereotypes, the value of the abstemious approach to sex, the
deletion of content on homosexuality and sexual minorities and transfer of
negative images about various types of families including single-mom families.
Not only media outlets but also lawmakers
35
during the parliamentary
inspections pointed out researchers participated in the development of the
standards are concentrated in public health and the content of the sexual
violence prevention training could generate victims.
88. Consequently, organizations related to human rights, women and adolescents
have continued activities to repeal the National Sex Education Standards such as
signature collection and press conferences and with President Moon Jae-in
taking office in 2017, they have strongly requested to build an institutional
foundation for comprehensive sex education based on gender equality and
human rights 36 . Minister of Gender Equality and Family expressed her will to
review the issue of the “National Sex Education Standards” at a confirmation
hearing37 and proposed and hosted a public-private joint conference in October
2017 in cooperation with the Ministry of Education. The Ministry plans to
continue the consultation on guidelines for sex education in school. Still, a
substantial improvement has not taken place as the Ministry of Education
continues to stick to the position which opposes the inclusion of human rights of
sexual minorities in sex education by inviting the representative of school parents
who are conducting an anti-homosexuality campaign to the public-private joint
conference.38
89. In developing the “Second Basic Plan for Gender Equality,” the Ministry of
Gender Equality and Family selected disseminating the culture of gender equality
35 Press Release from Rep. Lee Jasmine (September 2015) “Unequal Composition of Researchers in Developing the
National Sex Education Standards in Controversy of Gender Discrimination”
36 Network for Guarantee of the Right to Comprehensive Sex Education (June, 2017) Gwanghwamoon 1st Street
National Government Transition Committee Open Forum “Start Gender Equality Education for All”
37 Jung Hyun-baek, Minister of Gender Equality and Family (July, 2017) Inaugural Press Conference “Review of the
National Sex Education Standards”
38 Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (October, 2017) Official Document on Hosting Public-Private Joint
Conference to Develop Measures to Improve Sex Education