Single-sex education

Birth Control” 3). Clearly, children born of very young parents can be subjected to a life of poverty, low-income jobs and possibly unhappiness. Those children may have a difficult time in future years because of their inability to receive a quality education during adolescence. An effortless and reliable way to diminish the teen birth rate is to simply offer contraceptives in a school setting. In addition, the students future fades once they look down and and see two pink stripes, disclosing…

Russia. (pubs.aeaweb.org) Almost 75,000 teenagers become pregnant each year, with over 80% of those pregnancies unintended. (plannedparenthood.org) The percentage is so high because teenagers are uneducated about sex. The reason for the decrease in the birth rates in teenagers is education in schools, and communication between parents and their children. We need to decrease the pregnancy rate because there are many emotional and physical complications that come with pregnancy. Teenage girls…

The State of Michigan’s Act 451 of 1976 provides guidelines on which sexual education courses in public schools should abide. This piece of legislation states that “a person shall not dispense or otherwise distribute in a public school or on public school property a family planning drug or device”, explaining that “family planning” means the “use of a range of methods of fertility regulation to help individuals or couples avoid unplanned pregnancies.” Although teenage pregnancy rates have…

Providing Sex Education in public schools will help reduce unwanted pregnancies and the spread of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. In todays over sex society, where sex is used to sell products to teenagers from magazines to TV dramas on the CW. Teens not only see sex used to sell products they also talk about sex with their friends and fellow class mates on a daily basis. So then why are teenagers getting a limited education on sex? Teens are going to talk about sex, they are children growing up.…

Sex, it is an activity that is widely practiced yet hardly discussed. The very act ensures the survival of many organisms and provides a moment of excitement. In the United States, citizens are constantly bombarded with images of sexual behavior and relationships, many are familiar with the saying of sex sells. Even though sex is deeply rooted in the entertainment industry we rarely discuss the topic of sex with our own children. Instead most adult Americans rely on the school system to provide…

Considering the Ethics of Under-Age Birth Control Introduction A 16-year-old girl visits a birth control clinic and asks to be put on the pill. Since she is a minor, the clinic doctor who writes the prescription for her notifies her parents of the action. As of the year 2016, there are only 26 states that allow minors (12 years and older) to obtain contraceptives without parental consent. There are 20 states that allow certain minors to obtain contraceptives without parental consent and those…

Sex, making love, doing it, the dirty. All of these broad words and phrases carry different meanings and character. The elephant in the room just grows bigger and bigger with the avoided time ticking away. Sex education, most commonly referred to as “Sex – Ed” by many, has been a controversial issue over generations. AIDS, STDs, how to prevent teen pregnancy, and many more issues are covered in these beneficial classes offered by a small minority of schools over the United States. Sex education…

beginning of the 20th century, family planning as we know it today was restricted, controlled, and in some instances, unlawful. There was little to no education regarding the details of fertilization, because the cycle of ovulation was not defined until 1928 (Center for Disease Control, 1988). Additionally, all forms of contraceptives and any education regarding contraceptives were against the law (Jensen, 1981). These restrictions caused sexually active women to become pregnant often, while…

District of Columbia mandate sex education -- and eighteen require that information on contraception be provided (Toppo). With only twenty-two states and the District of Columbia mandating sex education, so many young adults and students are missing out on the proper education they need to make decisions about their sex lives. The United States is failing these young people by not mandating that sex education be taught. Forty-eight states do not mandate sex education and these kids are…

In popular fictional television shows, characters that happen to be teen mothers are always depicted as irresponsible and bad mothers. These characters are always blamed for their pregnancy. The negative stereotypes depicted in these shows can lead society to believe that all teen mothers are irresponsible and bad mothers, which is an assumption that can affect how the teen mothers are treated. In order to erase the negative stereotype about teen mothers, television producers should cease to use…