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Sexual education is to give real and accurate information about physical, emotional and sexual development to the individual. Sexual education is to give adolescents and children real and false information about the function and function of the organs that carry out reproduction. This education is a process starting from birth to adolescence and even the whole life. The general purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between adolescents 'attitudes towards sexual education and their parents' gender perceptions. Adolescence children's attitudes towards sexual education and parents' gender perceptions were identified using a quantitative research design. Anatolian High School, located in the city center of Kayseri, consists of 320 students enrolled in Anatolian Imam Hatip and Vocational Technical Anatolian High School and their parents. As data collection tools, the "Personal Information Form" containing information about adolescents and their parents, the "Attitude Scale towards Sexual Education (CEYTÖ)" to determine the attitudes of adolescents towards sexual education and the "Gender Perception Scale (TCAÖ)" to determine the parents' perception of gender.)" used. As a result of the correlation analysis conducted, it was revealed that there was a positive low-medium level relationship between the attitude of adolescents towards sexual education and their parents' gender perceptions. When the gender perceptions of the parents were examined on the basis of gender, it was found that there was a significant difference in favor of women. Also another result is that there is no difference in children's attitudes towards sexual education according to gender. In order to prevent adolescents from accessing sexual information from wrong sources, it is recommended to add a sexual education course to the curriculum within the framework of ethical limits.