Abstinence-only sex education

Abstinence v. Comprehensive An Analysis of the Respective Results Sex education has always been a controversial topic, especially to which it is taught. The Reagan administration passed the Adolescent Family Life Act for abstinence-only education, based on the presumption that talking about sex in school would promote sexual activities among teenagers. The President quietly passed the two-point act 1981, as the House of Representatives did not vote on it. The government coded the act under…

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…

all American teenage students. For years the education system in America has either taught an Abstinence only curriculum or not had any form of sexual education. Until the outbreak of human immunodeficiency virus in the 1980’s the exclusively abstinence education curriculum was considered sufficient, then many professionals had to consider another scholastic approach in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases spreading. An extensive sexual education curriculum has been considered to be…

recent surveys that abstinence programs doesn 't work in high school and more teens are getting pregnant and having STDS. Especially in the USA we have the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the America than any 1st world country.Because they 're not teaching this much in the USA and most of the teenagers are learning this the hard way. So the truth about abstinence programs. Abstinence programs can help prevent STDS and teen pregnancy by showing them the right way to have sex but teens don 't…

First and foremost, teen pregnancy is not only a major social issue within our nation, but it has also affected our teen and their offspring future by limiting their abilities to be successful. Teen Pregnancy and childbearing are a social issue because it has affected the economic to care for the teen parents, their child, and the state. A recent article done by that National Campaign stated that nearly all teen pregnancies are unplanned and which is a reason that teen pregnancy is a social…

The Truth About Sex Ed In 2013, the United State’s pregnancy rate was totaled at 26.5 per 1,000 women ages 15-19. Although this number had decreased by ten percent over the last year, the pregnancy rates in the United States are still substantially higher than any other western industrialized country. The drop in teen pregnancy rates can be attributed to the teaching of a valid sexual education system. Due to its wide success, Comprehensive Sexual Education should be taught in every public…

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…

“Teaching sex ed in schools is really important for obvious reasons. No parent wants to talk to their kids about sex and no kid wants to talk about sex with their parents”., This quote from John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight puts the conversation taking place in the U.S about sex into an informative, yet entertaining package. Sexual education in the United States is a controversial topic shrouded with misinformation and bias. Policy makers and makers of the curriculum may have a personal bias or…

Abstinence-only sex education has been a social problem that has existed for a long time now. In 1996 there was a Welfare Reform law policy put in place. The main goal of this policy was and still is to reduce to teen pregnancy. This approach was considered to be “the healthies strategy to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease” (Solomon-Fears). Even though statists show that the birth rate among teens in the United States has dropped in 22 of the last 24 years, it still…

student needs to be taught the importance of safe sex. Without the proper education of sex education there are risks. In an article written by Dennis Prager ” A Speech Every American High School Principal Should give“ he states that “No more semesters will be devoted to condom wearing and teaching you to regard sexual relations as a primarily health issue”. I disagree with this statement. Sex education has been proven to help young people to delay sex, and to use contraception when they do…