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One of the major concerns voiced by parents/teachers considering consenting to the provision of sex education for their children is whether the provision of this service will stimulate their children to act more socially inappropriate than if the topic were avoided. The purpose of the present investigation was to compare resultant sexual behavior(s) of institutionalized developmentally disabled with their behavior(s) prior to the introduction of sex education and counseling. The result indicates that the students did not become more inappropriate, in fact on a number of measures they improved.
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Demetral, G.D. Does ignorance really produce irresponsible behavior?. Sex Disabil 4, 151–160 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01277432
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01277432