Single-sex education

Hypogonadism after iron chelation therapy and bone marrow transplantation In chronic iron overload, when transferrin is completely saturated, NTBI is found in the plasma, which is the form of iron that causes toxicity. Intensification of chelation therapy has been shown to reverse cardiac structure and function, but not in the liver. The mechanism proposed was that the heart and also endocrine tissue, including the pituitary gland, take up circulating labile iron species that are…

In modern sex education abstinence is the core foundation of teaching for 25 states in the U.S.. According to the Guttmacher Institute, nineteen states teach the importance of sex only within marriage, while thirteen states stress the negative outcomes of teen sex (Week 2, Lesson B). These teachings restrict important knowledge of sexual health. For those individuals who do not wait until marriage, the lack of knowledge can have heavy repercussions. However, regardless if an individual practices…

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…

Finally the “orgy-porgy” and the promotion of sex culture. “Orgy-Porgy” is a special type of social event found in this society. It is comprised of drinking a chemical cocktail, singing a chant, and engaging in group sex. The idea behind this is to promote soma consumption, increase good feelings, and ensure that everyone is participating in the sex culture. It’s also part of a bigger picture which is to assimilate every living being into one group, one mind. Group identity instead of…

was afraid to engage in “real” sexual activities like sex as Peggy Orenstein would describe it. My friend did however have oral sex to keep her man because to her, “oral sex is not a big deal. Everyone does it” (Girls & Sex, 47). She was young and to her she wasn’t fully aware of all her body parts. Therefore she had a fixed mindset to believe that, “[her] vagina [was] ugly, rank, unappeal-ing” (Girls & Sex, 63). Due to lack of beneficial sex ed being provided to students at this age, girls…

perpetrator is required to be at least 16 years old and at least 5 years older than their victim or victims (Glaser, 1998). Terms such as "child sexual abuse, "incest, "child molestation and "pederasty are not equivalent to pedophilia. Terms that denote sex with minors are criminal actions; pedophilia is the sexual attraction to children and is a psychiatric disorder. Not all who sexually abuse minors are pedophilic (Fagan, Schmidt, Wise, Berlin, 2002). The use of the Greek term itself despite…

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…

should be discouraged because of the amount of peer pressure and the higher risks associated with it. To begin with, in the article “Teen Dating Doomed to Fail,” the author claims that teen boys often feel pressure to have sex which “may result in boys coercing girls… to have sex when they are not ready”(6). Thus, teens who date can be forced into something they don’t want to do showing immaturity. In order to help prevent peer pressure from spreading, teens should not form romantic…

In this article it states the dispute between the republicans on defunding Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood has been accused of something major, they were accused of gaining profits from selling fetal tissue. Planned Parenthood denied these accusations and called it offensive. The president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards faced off with conservative lawmakers who are wanting to end funding for Planned Parenthood. The reason they want to defund it is because there was a video…

United States, sex education is a topic to which most tread carefully to avoid. This goes on to practically ensure that the majority of adolescents are unprepared when they decide to become sexually active. The United States has a total of over $150 million in federal funding to go towards sex education, of that, $50 million goes to abstinence-only programs and even with the remaining funds the majority of public schools still fail to provide a comprehensive form of sex education. The United…