Sex Education in Schools Essay

In America’s current hypersexualized society, sex is all around us. We see it in music, movies, and even on primetime television. The most vulnerable demographic to this flood of sexuality is the American youth. Growing up in the information age, adolescents have access to content that their parents could never have even dreamed of. Access to pornography is now just as simple as typing four letters into a search engine, and with this ease of access comes access to misleading information and…

about sexuality than the rest of America. Eighty-one percent of Christian Americans voted to have abstinence only education while only thirty-one percent of other Americans voted for abstinence only education. The Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program has mostly funded organizations that have strong religious faith. A Silver Ring program has even been placed in schools where students had to swear to God that they would remain abstinent and would receive a silver ring with a bible…

Growing up I had to take sex education courses in elementary and high school. Most of what I remember involved the laughs and snickers of children when the words sex, or STD were mentioned. Although these topics seemed funny, I remember how these classes sparked a lot of curiosity in myself and my peers. Imagine a sixth grader expressing some curiosity in becoming sexually active because of new things they learned. At the time it seemed inappropriate, or as a child would say “bad”, and it is…

which intended to make a sexual education curriculum compulsory to all Panamanian students. What is the reason behind this law? Basically, to decrease the rate of teenage pregnancies, STDs, and defend a somewhat progressive look on polemic matters as gender identity and gender roles. This was the spark that ignited and kept these protests on for a long time. In Panama, just last year, more than ten thousand teenagers became pregnant, leading to high rates of school dropouts and increasing…

about the topics of parenting and sex education and feel that schools need to provide teens with training for adulthood and having it mandatory to complete parenting classes. Having such classes and also being required to take a sex education class would help students realize the importance of sex education and being properly trained for parenthood. Parents often believe sexuality, family planning and parenting needs to be taught at home, however, having a sex education class and a parent…

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,…

responsibility; therefore, sexual education in schools does not aim to empower students about sexuality but rather to educate them on the basics and expect them to learn other information on their own. The way in which sexual empowerment is portrayed today makes it appear “as an individualistic notion of self-improvement and personal responsibility” (Grose, Grabe, & Kohfeldt, 2014), making it about the individual rather than an institutional problem. Comprehensive sexual education that empowers…

Sexual education in the classroom is needed because in today’s society, pre-teen children are exposed to reality television programs and adult situations at an early age. This is partly due to easy access to the internet. Pre-school children are encouraged to learn technology and by the time most children reach first grade, they are able to access the internet. One minute they are looking for their favorite game and with a simple click of the mouse, the children can be re-directed to a website…

world where parents had and took the time to “properly” educate their own children about sex I would say that it should not be taught in schools or mandated by government. Alright now with that out of the way, I want to say that I am fully aware that for varying reasons not every child will receive a “proper” sexual education from their own parents. Additionally, some teenagers are not going to want to learn about sex from their parents because it makes them uncomfortable. I believe that…

Every single person in this world has been impacted by education in some way. Whether you have children who are still in school, are a college student, or even live in a third world country, education has impacted your life in some shape or form. Although there are multiple definitions and levels of what education can entail, focusing more on the school setting of education has always been of interest to me. In today’s world, there are schools of all types, philosophies and/or models. Private,…