Sexual Education In Schools

There have always been lengthy and ongoing debates throughout the years, as the apparent issue of teaching sexual education in schools has been a topic of incredible interest over the past few decades. There have been numerous attempts and strategies put in to place to make every parent feel “safe” and “in charge” of their children’s knowledge of reproductive health, including abstinence-only education, monogamy-only education, and getting parent permission to teach the kids. However, there are still many parents who have certain issues with what or how their kids are learning.

This issue has surprisingly made relatively slow progress since it became a hot-button issue in the 1960’s. Even today, sexual education is only mandatory in 22 of the 50 United States. Somehow, in an era where young girls grow up listening to Miley Cyrus and Nikki Minaj, and young boys grow up playing Grand Theft Auto (a gam that features prostitution and strippers heavily), there are still disagreements over what, when, how and from whom children should learn how to practice safe sex; if at all. …show more content…
This is referred to often as “comprehensive sexual education”. They view sexual education solely as education, not pushing for the children to believe solely in abstinence or pre-marital sex. They believe that teaching about the many factual consequences is more effective than promoting sex or