Starting from the beginning Chiang Han-sun says education can be roughly divided into the two areas of "knowledge and technical education" on the one hand and "life education" (how to live an appropriate and beautiful life) on the other. Sex ed is the most fundamental aspect of life education.
性教育協會理事長江漢聲則指出，教育可以粗分為「生活教育」（如何過一個正當美好的人生）及「知識技能教育」兩大類，性教育就是最基本的生活教育之一。