World Health Organisation (WHO) in its latest sex education guidelines, recommend teaching masturbation and gender identity to children in age group of 0-4 years.
Sexuality education is a lifelong process, and it should begin at early years to influence the later attitude towards sexuality. WHO in its “Standards for Sexuality Education in Europe, A framework for policy makers, educational and health authorities and specialists,” issued several guidelines on formal and informal sexual education, as a holistic approach. It is a jointly developed framework—WHO’s regional office for Europe, the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) and the members of the European Expert Group on Sexuality Education. They introduced the concept of holistic sexuality education to offer a concrete overview that shows which topics on sexuality education in European countries should entail, according to age groups.
In the detailed report, the organisation advised that children aged 0-4 are given, “information about enjoyment and pleasure when touching one’s body… masturbation.” In addition, toddlers should also be encouraged to gain awareness on gender identity and also given the right to explore gender identities. Below is the detailed description from WHO’s guidelines on masturbation and gender identity for children between 0-4 years:
#Enjoyment and pleasure when touching one’s own body, early childhood masturbation.
#Discovery of own body and genitals.
#Enjoyment of physical closeness is a normal part of everyone’s life.
#Tenderness and physical closeness as an expression of love and affection.
According to WHO, the above information will make the child gain awareness on gender identity, talk about (un)pleasurable feelings in one’s own body and express own needs, wishes and boundaries. The process will develop a positive attitude towards one’s body with all its functions, which, as a whole, will create a positive body image.
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