The Pros And Cons Of Sex Education In Schools

Sex education is one of the most controversial topics taught in schools.There is a reason why when a sex scene comes on and everyone in the room stiffens in fear and avoids eye contact. The subject of sex itself is painfully awkward for both parents who don 't want to talk about it with their kids and the kids who hate to discuss it it 's their parents. The stories about parents who are outraged over the "vivid descriptions" of sex to their children is a staple to the school year. Sex ed does not have a compulsory standard, in fact only 22 states have it mandated and 13 require the information delivered be medically correct. The amount of sex education you receive depends on what state, city, town, and county you live in and that 's if you even get one at all. When an Ohio newscast attempted to find information on the sex education their state was receiving …show more content…
Some states have purposely made it hard for proper sex ed to be taught. For example in Mississippi you are allowed to talk about contraceptives, but prohibit the demonstration of the application of condoms. This has caused teachers to come up with incredibly creative ways to demonstrate how to put on a condom including one teacher using a sock and a shoe. Now let me remind you that Mississippi ranks number two in the country for teen pregnancy rates.

However there is a term that that many school districts have picked up, and it 's abstinence only. There is a difference between abstinence and abstinence only education. Abstinence only education is when abstinence is offered as the only choice for adolescents This belief has been proven to be unethical, but congress just recently increased funding for abstinence only education from fifty million dollars to seventy five million dollars a year. These forms in WAIT (Why Am I Tempted), Go APE (Abstinence Protects Everyone) and No Screwing Around. There 's no acronym