Single-sex education

Contraceptive methods protect you and allow you to enjoy sex and is the most effective method to prevent unplanned pregnancy. Are objects, substances and procedures used on a voluntary basis to regulate the reproductive ability of a person or couple in order to avoid unplanned pregnancy currently, the most important medical and social problems affecting youth are unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, and the use of contraceptive methods can serve as a solution for both. Many…

Thousands of people protested all throughout the country; the civil society was enraged at the prospect of the approval of law 61, which intended to make a sexual education curriculum compulsory to all Panamanian students. What is the reason behind this law? Basically, to decrease the rate of teenage pregnancies, STDs, and defend a somewhat progressive look on polemic matters as gender identity and gender roles. This was the spark that ignited and kept these protests on for a long time. In…

“Don 't have sex, you will get pregnant and die!”, a well-known quote from the film comedy Mean Girls. While this quote is quite humorous, it is misleading and like many sex education courses provides an unclear message to adolescents. Young people are easily influenced by movies, and without a comprehensive sex education, they can make life changing mistakes. The way sex is massively shown in society today will not change; therefore, the form of sex education in schools must change. A…

Effects of Condom Availability Programs Sex education has been very controversial over the past several years, and one of the major questions is whether teachers should be informing kids about safe sex or abstinence. This point prompted research and studies that shed some light on abstinence programs and how influential they claim to be. The outcome is shocking. More students in abstinence-only programs become pregnant than students who are taught safe sex. This statistic is growing and it…

Sex might be considered funny, or not appropriate by many but it is a very real subject that need to conversed openly and truthfully. Abstinence programs consist of just the idea that sex is a bad and that you should wait to do it till you are married. Comprehensive programs teach the consequences of sexual interactions, how your sexual organs work, and how to prevent STIs and pregnancies. The rates of STD’s and teenage pregnancies in the U.S. have been rising dramatically in certain areas, and…

to educating our youth about safe sexual behavior. Many schools are beginning to introduce abstinence only education programs to their curriculum with the mentality that this will prevent high school students from engaging in sexual activity. This impractical method of prevention will not only hurt those being, or not being educated, it will also hinder our society. Abstinence-only education programs, many critics argue, use fear based models to scare teenagers into not engaging in sexual…

loud cries. At the tender age of sixteen, thousands of females find themselves in this tough position. One that that they must urgently fulfill as a mother. Indeed, teenage pregnancy is still a problem we need to address. Increased exposure to Sex Education will drastically lower rates. To clarify, teenage pregnancy is defined as any female between the ages of thirteen and nineteen becoming pregnant with a child. In the case of the United States, 750,000 of females become pregnant each year. To…

Human Sexuality Assignment 3 Sarah Rollins Sexual education has been a controversial topic since some believe that it is harmful for students while others disagree (Carroll, 2009). Growing up in Northern Virginia, the Manassas City school system started sexual education in the fourth grade, which in their regards, was at the elementary level. Back then, parents were permitted to excuse their children from these classes if they opposed letting their children learn about sexuality at such…

such as hormones, dating at young ages, being victims of sex abuse, and using alcohol and drugs (Adolescent Pregnancy in America). In today’s society puberty is happening a lot sooner than it was in the past. With puberty happening earlier, more sexual experimentation is happening. Although there is no direct link between early puberty, and becoming pregnant, teens are around more peer pressure. Victims of sex abuse have altered views of sex (Adolescent Pregnancy in America: Causes and…

will be assigned to a young woman who are in the categories of low income and unmarried. These nurses will provide guidance and support to these soon to be young mothers during pregnancy up to the two years of a child’s life. Nurse will provide education to young mothers around positive health related behaviors, competent care of children, and maternal personal development (family planning, educational achievement and participation in the work force). Social Problem: Today in the United States,…