roadside billboards, drama and songs contests to disseminate information about HIV and AIDS to the general public. Public information campaign should aim at: 1. Increasing knowledge and concern about HIV and AIDS. 2. Promoting safer sexual behavior thus reducing the sexual transmission of HIV. 3. Encouraging respect and compassion for people living with HIV/AIDS…
Adolescent sexual activity and little knowledge on how to protect themselves against STI/STD’s may be answered through more advanced sex education classes in school. Comprehensive knowledge to these subjects will be provided in the classroom including: birth controls, the use of condoms to prevent STI/STD’s, sexual behavior, meanwhile also encouraging abstinence and delayed sexual activity. Few parents disagree with school’s providing the information…
Students attending sexual education programs have had different life experiences, and are each coming from a different place both mentally and emotionally. Despite differences in sexual orientation, gender, or socioeconomic status, high school sexual education programs tend to generalize the program to all students, without addressing their individual needs. As a result, high-risk students fall through the cracks, without gaining necessary information that could not only improve, but save, their…
marriage, (2) homosexuality, and (3) one’s internal sexual struggles. Within the New Testament, words attributed to Jesus and Paul comprise the vast majority of evidence for Christians remarking on these issues of sexuality. Paul, in particular, is frequently synthesized and applied…
how we,as a people,need some assistance in learning how to quench our desire. This act of restraining oneself from indulging in something else is called abstinence. Of course,abstinence in sex is the safest and wisest option but as said before;our parents probably at least told us that. Abstinence aside, let's dive deeper into the topic of sexual activity. Now,sex is all about pleasure and fun,correct? Sure,until you get pregnant or an STD from unsafe sex. Focusing on the latter,what is an…
education that puts their health and well-being first. Sex Education programs and abstinence programs should be taught in school because many teens are struggling with social skills, catching sexually transmitted diseases, and are afraid of sexual assault and pregnancy. Many teens today have social skills due to lack of knowledge of sex. Parents fear it. Everyone is talking about it; yet, no one…
Abstinence (to not have sex at all) is the best and most effective method to preventing a pregnancy but there are many ways you can prevent having an unwanted pregnancy through birth control. Birth Control is for the people who are not prepared to have children either because of financial issues, age, emotionally unstable etc. These methods can also come with risks, side effects like gaining weight, irregular menstrual periods, nausea, vaginal bleeding, blood clots and more. Some of the methods…
youth to experience these types of physical activities. Lectures about abstinence have hidden the reality of sex by telling people about STD’s and sinful natures, which is necessary in their own respect but not a worthy conclusion to the matter. There is an increase in sexual activity and its mystery through the mediums of television programming, pornography, and intimate relationships. Due to this reality, a focus of sexual activity is imperative in understanding human behavior. Through…
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 become sexually active and it should be supported in every school.…
boy that you had your child with is trying to help, but your relationship with him is not healthy. What if on top of this you had a sexually transmitted infection (STI). All of this and more are possible when teenagers are not abstinent. Obtaining abstinence is healthy for teenagers because it there is no risk of catching an infection or pregnancy, most teens are not mentally or emotionally ready to become sexually active, and they will not have to face a teen pregnancy. Additionally, it will…