Sex Education Essay

practice of safe sex at an early age, it will help avert teenage sexual transmitted infections/ diseases, it will help lower and prevent teenage pregnancy rate from rising. Paragraph II A. To begin with I believe condoms should be more accessible to teens because it encourages and educates the youth on the practice of safe sex at an early age. 1. Schooling that educates the youth about abstinence and safe sex as well as contraception, including condom use, will help them to delay first sex. •…

Let’s Talk About Sex At some point in every adolescent’s life he/she will be faced with a transformative decision concerning his/her sexual and reproductive health. However, due to the current curriculums in America, such as Abstinence-Only, a majority of these adolescents lack the knowledge to make that decision responsibly, often resulting in unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. In order to provide the knowledge needed, Comprehensive Sexuality Education should be offered,…

Abstaining From Common Sense: A Persuasive Essay on Why Abstinence Education Should Not Be Taught In Schools In the U.S. the states with the highest teen birth rates all either do not mandate sex education or stress abstinence-only education (Lowen). Almost all studies on teens health indicate that abstinence only programs should not be used in schools. According to Leslie Kantor’s article, “Abstinence-only Education Violating Students' Rights to Health Information,” the 1996 Welfare Reform bill…

teenagers to focus on education. Learning about contraceptives can teach teenagers how to avoid pregnancy and STDs better than just teaching abstinence can. While many might argue that teaching abstinence discourages teenagers from having sex, "The South, which has the highest percentage of schools (55%) that require abstinence be taught as the only means of preventing pregnancy, has the highest rate of teen births" (Welsh 4). The fact that schools which rely on abstinence education produce…

Russia. (pubs.aeaweb.org) Almost 75,000 teenagers become pregnant each year, with over 80% of those pregnancies unintended. (plannedparenthood.org) The percentage is so high because teenagers are uneducated about sex. The reason for the decrease in the birth rates in teenagers is education in schools, and communication between parents and their children. We need to decrease the pregnancy rate because there are many emotional and physical complications that come with pregnancy. Teenage girls…

I Want to Teach my Child About Sex by Dr. Karl and Shannon Wendt is a step by step book on how parents should prepare and execute the talk about sex with their children. From a traditional Christian perspective, the authors lead the parents through courage building, researching, the initial talk and continued education. This book begins with the authors pointing out the fact that this can be a very awkward time for parents and helping them build up the courage to begin this extremely necessary…

If you were to look at sex education compared to that of a decade ago, I could reassure you that there is so much that we have learned. Covering topics such as sexual education and gay rights are not things your mother learned about in her sex education class. However, a lot of these topics are relevant today especially with laws being passed, supporting topics like, sex education and gay rights. In the film, The Education of Shelby Knox, we can see how generations pass have an effect on today’s…

“Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality” (1984) has been useful for analyzing contemporary sexual concerns, as well as the potential subsequent moral and sex panics that follow. One such concern revolves around sexual education in public school systems. Since receiving federal backing in 1940, sexual education has been contested throughout the United States; in fact, over 70 years later, the country still lacks a consensus on what the school’s role in sex education…

Sexual Education in the United States primarily revolves around abstinence-only education. Abstinence-only education promotes the values of the middle class of our society. Various studies have shown that abstinence-only education is not the best course for providing teens with the necessary information to make choices about sex. While one might optimistically hope that teens would choose abstinence, a survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that “47% of…

Clinical Question: The Importance of Reviewing this Question Sex is considered to be one of the basic biological needs on Maslow’s triangle of hierarchical needs (McLeod, 2016). It is a part of being human. Despite the basic necessity of this action, there can be many unintended consequences of engaging in this activity without proper education. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one specific unintended consequence. According to the Center for…