Single-sex education

Perceived Susceptibility – Sex in today’s society has become such a casual activity that many adolescents do not understand that they are susceptible to STIs or getting pregnant because it has not happened to them yet. They often believe that these unwanted outcomes only happen to individuals with “bad luck”. I’ve personally have had conversations with people who believe there is a 50-50 chance of becoming pregnant or contracting diseases whether they use protection or not, which I feel is a…

than with their parents. The next stage is transitional adulthood (18-29) transitional period between childhood and adulthood, whose cultural purpose is the preparation of children for adult roles. It is a period of multiple transitions involving education, training, employment and unemployment, as well as transitions from one living circumstance to…

standard in the United States for sexual education. Resulting in some states having comprehensive sexual education but others have none. However, states with comprehensive sex education have seen far better outcomes. Advocates for Youth summarized the positive effects of comprehensive sex education, “Behavioral outcomes have included delaying the initiation of sex as well as reducing the frequency of sex, the number of new partners, and the incidence of unprotected sex, and/or increasing the…

of many, even now, controversial movements, including the legalization of women’s birth control, the creation of Planned Parenthood clinics and the start of a revolution in sex education for women. She is also seen by many as a bigot and a racist leading to the use of her image against her own causes. Though Sanger did not single handily bring a revolution…

dealing with bullying, discovering depression. Anxiety and sex. Teenage pregnancy isn 't just a thing in a far away place. It has became a grim reality that strikes the homes of thousands. Certain factors can play a large part in the way teens handle sexual situations with another person. Things such as race, ethnicity and economics may be a reason why more girls of one side of the track may seem to be more easily influenced into unprotected sex. Yet even the most privileged of girls have became…

While the majority feel that this policy in sex education will make their child feel that it is okay to participate in sexual activities since they have been educated on how to protect themselves others feel that since the schools have a choice not to teach abstinence-only (and teach the teen to abide by biblical principles and restrain from sex until marriage) will override their Christian faith and belief. With the parents having this authority…

Mothers, often being the most visible parental influence in both traditional and single parent Latino households, are viewed as the most powerful figure that holds tremendous sway of their own children. If their daughters are perceived by their families and community as following the traits of conservativism and chastity, the mothers…

Abstinence-based sex education isn’t a practical approach to sex education because it doesn’t give students the necessary resources they need to prevent the consequences of engaging in any type of sexual activity. Teenagers need the proper facts about contraception and birth control to be able to take the appropriate precautions for when they decide to become sexually active. With abstinence-based programs there is no decrease in the amount of sexual activity that students are engaging in and…

low-income families or usually do not have educational opportunities to learn about prevention or have low access to health care. This also applies to teens raised in poverty by single parents. For example, a teen girl living in a low income family might not have access to contraceptives or lack of information regarding sex because their parents never learned about that or don 't have the money to provide those services to their children. Teens who are not academically motivated and do poorly…

the late 1970’s and 1980’s. She focused on feminist influenced single-sex work. Before this girl’s works was a tradition of feminist youth work within UK has begun to be strengthened by Youth workers, with a purpose of ‘girls work’ this was through conferences and projects. Although much youth work practice within a UK has often been observed to be work exactly aimed at working class young men, there are long traditions of single-sex work with girls and young women. From 1970s there was an…