Sex Should Be Allowed In Schools

Another reason teens have sex can be due to pressure from their surroundings. In a study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 48% of teens ages 12-17 reported they felt “a lot” of pressure to take part in sexual intercourse and/or do sexual acts. This pressure can come from a number of sources, but the biggest perpetrators are their fellow peers and the media. Mostly it is young men who feel a large pressure from their friends to have sex. While 23% of girls said they feel pressure to have sex, one third of the male subjects in the study said they felt a lot of pressure from their friends to have sex. According to Judith Steinhart, Senior Health Director at Columbia University Health Education program, “ A lot of teens are having sex without pleasure...Having it is more important than feeling the pleasure that comes with it. Being able to tell their friends is sometimes more important than any pleasure that they would share with their intimate or sexual …show more content…
In other words, teens do not need their parents consent to use contraceptives given to the by their school. Many argue that it is not the school 's job to give out contraception; but that parents should decide when their kids should have access to birth control methods. A principal from a school in Gainesville, Florida banned school nurses from handing out condoms stating, “I just don 't believe it is the responsibility of the school system to do that...I just don 't believe we should cross that line.” (Jester). In an article regarding the birth control program in Baltimore, many parents said they deserved to know that their kids are having sex or on birth control; that teens may have health issues that school nurses might not know about. Tennagers need consent for many oter medical procedures involving schools, so why not when it comes to contraception and methods of birth control. (Green and