Sexual abstinence

In the movie Mean Girls, there comes a scene where a gym teacher appears before a chalkboard ready to discuss sexual education and the thoughts of safe sex. The gym teacher circles abstinence while turning around to say, "Don't, have sex. You will get pregnant, and die." We just like to laugh during this part in the movie, but the scary thought is information like this taught in our schools is making teenagers clueless and frightened about sex. Sex education is now known as a controversial…

problems, educators have looked to abstinence-only programs as the solution. In general, abstinence-only programs state that simply saying “no to sex”, along with the values that go along with the…

altogether? Every child deserves equally inclusive education about their sexuality, regardless of the child’s zip code, nationality, religion, or gender. Abstinence-only education continues to be taught to students in attempt to decrease sexual activity within teenagers and to promote committing to a single sexual partner through marriage. While abstinence-only education may be viewed as the easiest answer to preventing teenagers from having sex, the Center for Disease Control states that 47%…

This journal addresses abstinence as an important behavioral strategy for preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and pregnancy among adolescents. It is a collected pool of publications and reports by a broad range of doctors and scientists. It presents background information on abstinence and its definitions, physical and psychological facts as to why adolescents choose to engage in sexual activity. The emotional and physical health outcomes…

Another reason abortion may be deemed medically necessary is when a woman is raped. Rape can be defined as “Forcible sexual relations with a person against that persons will” (7). When a woman is raped it significantly affects their mental and emotional state so in order to preserve their mental state an abortion may be found medically necessary. I believe that If a woman is forced into sexual relations by a male and becomes pregnant she should not have to carry a baby fathered by her rapist.…

The two Western Culture legacies would be Judaic and Christian Traditions. They both explain rigid gender roles and different types of behaviors that are considered acceptable/appropriate for both males and females. For both Western Cultural Legacies men are more likely to be expected to go out and initiate dates with women, and women are expected to be timid, sweet, clean, and to please her husband, etc… And Men are considered to be “macho” and play sports, and to go out and flirt with women.…

information it is trying to endorse is about how sexual education is beneficial for individual and the general health of the nation. The author’s main finding is that abstinence-only education is harmful to the sexual health of American citizens, specifically teenagers. The authors state, “Although abstinence from sexual intercourse represents a healthy behavioral choice for adolescents, policies or programs offering “abstinence only” or “abstinence until marriage” as a single option for…

Without a doubt, the United States has laws dealing with sexual education and abortion. Why should the government hold laws that can’t be enforced? For example, a recent study has found that the abortion rate is the lowest it has been since its legalization in the Supreme Court 's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision (Harris). Roe v. Wade (1973), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. It was decided simultaneously with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton. Doe v.…

The abstinence-only sex education in schools leads to many societal repercussions in areas where this education is taught. Abstinence-only education is the only sex education to teach children in schools is to abstain from sex. The issue of teaching abstinence is an important issue to address because the area in which abstinence-only education faces societal repercussions. Some of these societal repercussions are increased teen pregnancy, increased STD rates, and belief in sex myths.…

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 the best way to…